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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Coronation Jubilee
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | · ELIZABETH II NIUE · 1993 · RDM |
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| Reverse lettering | · CORONATION ANNIVERSARY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II · EIIR 20 DOLLARS 1953 1993 |
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Niue's commemorative coinage program in the early 1990s was essentially a licensing operation — the island nation of roughly 2,000 people had no meaningful domestic coin circulation and issued silver pieces almost exclusively for the international collector market. The 40th anniversary of the Coronation gave Niue's government a convenient occasion to generate royalty revenue, which alongside foreign aid comprised a substantial portion of the territory's income.
KM#57 is one of several Niue issues from this period sharing the same planchet specification, sourced through contracted minting arrangements rather than any facility on the island itself.