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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Pig
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#3278 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-color depiction of an anthropomorphic pig dressed in traditional Chinese festival attire, rendered in a celebratory folk-art style to commemorate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Pig. The figure, shown standing and facing slightly left, wears a teal qipao with blue trim and holds a red lantern bearing the Chinese character 福 (good fortune) in the left hand, while carrying a yellow folding fan in the right. A red flower adorns the figure's hair. To the lower left of the design, an artist's signature and date inscription appear in Chinese script, and a red seal stamp is visible to the right. The silver field surrounding the color-printed design remains unlettered. |
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Niue has functioned as a prolific vehicle for commemorative silver issues since the 1990s, with the New Zealand government administering its currency arrangements while the island's name appears on coins it will never circulate. The Lunar series targeting the Chinese collector market drives the bulk of these programs, and 2019 — the Year of the Pig — generated competing issues from a dozen different mints and issuers simultaneously.
KM#3278 is one of hundreds of Niue-issued bullion commemoratives catalogued in that decade.