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250 Dollars - Charles III Fire Horse
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the crowned Public Seal of Niue, depicting a stylised floral motif rendered in traditional Niuean decorative patterning, encircled by the legend PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE and enclosed within an ornate wreath of olive branches surmounted by a royal crown. A crossed-spear device appears below the seal, above a scroll bearing the Niuean mottoes ATUA and NIUE TUKULAGI. The purity designation AU 999 and weight indicator 1 OZ appear in the left and right fields respectively, accompanied by the mintmaster initials TS below the purity mark. The legends FIRE HORSE arc along the upper border and 250 DOLLARS along the lower border, with the date 2026 centred in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Fire Horse year in the Chinese sexagenary cycle last fell in 1966, when its reputation for producing headstrong, ungovernable individuals was so feared in Japan that the birth rate dropped by over 25% — women actively avoided having children that year. The 2026 cycle marks its return. Niue's use of the license as a sovereign issuer has made it one of the more prolific small-nation minting authorities since the 1990s, producing legal tender entirely for collector export rather than domestic circulation, a country of roughly 1,500 people having no practical use for a 31-gram gold coin.