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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Tet Offensive
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Diameter | 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation of the neck. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and NIUE along the upper field, with TWO DOLLARS descending along the right periphery. The date 2018 is inscribed at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE TWO DOLLARS IRB 2018 |
| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief commemorative scene depicting the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive at Ba Ria, Vietnam, 1968. In the upper portion of the field, a Bell OH-13 Sioux helicopter hovers above a military compound featuring a water tower at right. In the lower foreground, soldiers are shown carrying a wounded comrade on a stretcher toward the waiting aircraft, evoking the urgency of battlefield medical evacuation. To the left, an inset silvered roundel bears the inscription 50 YEARS, and at the lower center of the field a red Swarovski crystal is set into the coin. The arc legend TET OFFENSIVE appears along the upper right periphery, with BA RIA, VIETNAM 1968 inscribed along the lower periphery. |
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