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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) rendered in vivid applied color enamel across the entire wave-shaped surface of the planchet, simulating the dynamic appearance of a flag caught in motion. The field is dominated by deep crimson red, with the iconic Soviet emblem — a golden hammer and sickle — positioned in the upper hoist canton, surmounted by a gold-outlined five-pointed red star. The coloring technique employs color printing or enamel application to achieve a realistic, three-dimensional effect. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | 2020 - Prooflike - 1,945 |
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This piece belongs to a sprawling category of modern commemorative silver issues struck for Niue — a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand that has become one of the more prolific licensing jurisdictions for third-party commemorative programs. The USSR theming places it within a wave of Soviet-nostalgia issues that found a reliable collector market in Russia and Eastern Europe through the 2010s and into the 2020s.
Niue's coin program generates the island's only meaningful numismatic output; the territory has no independent central bank and uses the New Zealand dollar in daily commerce.