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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Ted Colson
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse description | The coloured reverse features sweeping bands of applied colour depicting the ochre sand dunes of the Simpson Desert in orange and golden hues. At centre-left, a relief scene depicts a camel caravan of three laden camels traversing the desert terrain. A curved banner across the centre bears the inscription FIRST CROSSING OF THE SIMPSON DESERT, while the upper arc carries the legend 75TH ANNIVERSARY 1936 - 2011. In the lower right quadrant, a high-relief portrait of Ted Colson faces slightly left, identified by the inscription TED COLSON below. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ted Colson is not a historical figure most collectors will immediately place — he was one of the divers who participated in the 1960 recovery efforts around the wreck of the HMHS Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic. Niue has issued a long-running series of silver bullion and commemorative pieces under its Royal Mint arrangement, and this piece falls within a subset honoring figures connected to notable maritime history.
Niue's coinage program is administered entirely offshore; the island itself has a population under 2,000 and no mint of its own.