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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II St. Nicholas
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Full-color icon-style depiction of Saint Nicholas (Nicholas of Myra), shown in three-quarter view as a bearded bishop in ornate white and gold liturgical vestments, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing and his left hand holding a richly jeweled red Gospel book. A gilded halo encircles his head. The background is rendered in high relief in uncolored silver, featuring multiple narrative scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas arranged in a hagiographic icon composition, evoking the tradition of Eastern Orthodox sacred art. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative issuing authority since the early 2000s, leveraging its currency union with New Zealand to place legal tender silver coins into the collector market without maintaining any independent monetary infrastructure of its own. The arrangement is entirely transactional — the coins never circulate on the island.
This piece is a collector product, full stop. Mintage figures for Niue's themed silver issues from this period were typically kept low by the issuer to maintain secondary market premiums.