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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Tree of Luck
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central motif depicting a stylized tree of luck with gilded branches and trunk, bearing red fruit rendered as colored porcelain inserts, set within a beaded inner border. The central design is surrounded by concentric rings of finely engraved arabesques and scrolling foliate ornaments in silver relief against a contrasting dark field. The outermost border features an additional band of elaborate floral and vegetal scrollwork highlighted with gold coloring, framing the entire composition. No inscriptions appear on the reverse, the decorative programme being entirely pictorial in character. |
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Niue has functioned as a reliable licensing vehicle for novelty bullion since the early 2000s, issuing coins on behalf of outside minting houses — primarily Polish mint Mennica Polska — while contributing little beyond its sovereign name. This piece is one of hundreds in that arrangement. The porcelain insert technology was developed and patented by Mennica Polska, who have applied it across dozens of Niue-licensed issues throughout the 2010s.
The KM# assignment places it firmly in a catalogue of convenience rather than numismatic tradition.