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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Shrub Althea
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | At the centre of the flower-shaped flan, a raised circular medallion bears the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, diademed and draped, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, his initials 'IRB' appearing below the truncation. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left periphery of the medallion and 'NIUE' and 'TWO DOLLARS' along the right, with the date '2020' positioned below the portrait. The surrounding field radiates outward in deeply striated, sculptural petal forms replicating the bloom of a Shrub Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), while the curved legend '1 OZ 999 FINE SILVER' is inscribed along the lower petal zone. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE TWO DOLLARS IRB 2020 1 OZ 999 FINE SILVER |
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Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative licensing platform since the 1990s, contracting its coinage rights to external minting programs — primarily through the New Zealand Mint — while retaining nominal issuing authority under its Cook Islands-adjacent arrangement with New Zealand. The Shrub Althea belongs to a botanical series within that framework, where the selection of subjects follows horticultural rather than national logic.
KM#3802 places this among hundreds of Niuean issues catalogued within a few years, a density of output no island of 1,500 people could generate organically.