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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Mouse: Good Fortune
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials IRB appear incuse below the truncation of the neck. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II to the left and NIUE TWO DOLLARS to the right, with the date 2020 positioned in the lower exergual area. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative licensing hub since the 1990s, leasing its issuing authority to foreign minting programs — most of them with no circulation in Niue itself. This piece belongs to that commercial tradition: a New Zealand-administered territory of roughly 1,500 people generating numismatic revenue through themed series aimed at Asian export markets.
The Year of the Mouse falls in the sexagenary cycle's jiǎzǐ year, the first pairing of the ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches — a combination that recurs only every 60 years.