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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#670 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing a tiara, drop earring, and necklace. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left periphery and NIUE along the upper field, with TWO DOLLARS along the right periphery, all separated by raised dots. The date 2011 appears in the lower field. The entire design is set within a beaded border against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Mintage | 2011 - Proof - 7,500 |
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Niue has long operated a secondary economy in licensed coin production, issuing collector pieces under bilateral agreements that have nothing to do with the island's 1,600 residents. The Star Wars series, of which this is a part, was struck by the New Zealand Mint on behalf of the Lucasfilm licensing program — Niue's legal tender status providing the technical framework, the franchise doing the actual selling.
Mintage figures for this issue were tightly controlled to sustain secondary market premiums, a strategy the New Zealand Mint employed consistently across the Star Wars run.