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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Virgin Mary
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Rectangular flan with rounded corners bearing the right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with elaborately styled hair, a drop earring, and a necklace. The Queen wears a jewelled crown with floral and foliate ornaments. The legend ELIZABETH II and NIUE appear above the effigy in two lines, while the denomination 2 DOLLARS and the date 2012 are inscribed in two lines below, all in raised Latin lettering against a mirror-polished field. |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Proof - 3,000 |
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Niue has operated as a licensing jurisdiction for themed bullion and collector silver since the 1990s, issuing coins under New Zealand's currency umbrella while retaining nominal face values that bear no relationship to intrinsic worth. This piece belongs to a wave of square-format religious issues produced around 2011–2013, predominantly by the Mint of Poland on behalf of various Pacific microstate licensors — a commercially driven arrangement that generated hundreds of distinct types within a few years.
KM#811 attribution places it firmly in the collector bullion category rather than any circulating series.