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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Deluge
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A dramatic high-relief scene inspired by Gustave Doré's engraving of the Biblical Deluge, depicting multiple human figures clinging desperately to a rocky outcrop as raging floodwaters surge around them. A large predatory beast looms over the struggling figures at the apex of the composition, while foaming waves crash violently across the right field, rendered with exceptional sculptural depth against a textured antiqued background. The inscription 'THE DELUGE' appears in the lower central exergue in incuse Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE DELUGE |
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Niue has functioned since the 1990s as a licensing vehicle for the New Zealand Mint, issuing collector coins under its sovereign authority while maintaining a population under 2,000 — making it one of the smallest nominal issuers of legal tender silver in the world. "The Deluge" belongs to a broader wave of high-relief antique-finish programs aimed squarely at the European collector market, where biblical and mythological themes in 2 oz format have driven consistent secondary-market demand since roughly 2015.