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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Your Guardian Angel: Bethlehem light
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and robed right-facing effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation, set within a decorative inner circle framed by stylised sweeping angel wings extending across the field. The outer legend in the mirror-polished border reads NIUE ISLAND to the left, ELIZABETH II to the right, 2020 at the top, and 2 DOLLARS at the bottom, each separated by raised dots. The Czech Mint mark appears at the base of the inner circle. |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE ISLAND · 2020 · ELIZABETH II IRB CM · 2 DOLLARS · |
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Niue's longstanding arrangement with the New Zealand Mint has made it one of the most prolific issuers of themed bullion and collector silver in the Pacific, despite a population that has never exceeded 2,000. The "Bethlehem light" referenced here is the flame perpetually maintained at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, distributed annually to Orthodox and Catholic communities across Europe — a tradition the Austrian Scouting movement formalized into a widely distributed ceremony beginning in 1986.
KM#3803 sits in a crowded series of angel-themed issues from this program, most struck in limited runs for the devotional collector market.