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250 Dollars - Charles III Roaring Lion
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The central device displays the Public Seal of Niue, a crowned circular medallion bearing a stylised fern plant motif surrounded by an ornamental wreath of leaves, all surmounted by a royal crown. Two crossed rifles with a scroll inscribed ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI appear below the seal. The denomination 250 DOLLARS is inscribed in a curved legend along the upper field, and the date 2023 appears in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue has functioned as a licensing vehicle for the Perth Mint and other producers since the 1990s, lending its sovereign status to bullion and collector issues that have no economic connection to the island's roughly 1,500 residents. This piece was struck in the first year of Charles III's reign following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, placing it in a transitional window when royal effigy coinage was being rapidly retooled across Commonwealth minting programs simultaneously.
Perth Mint's .9995 platinum specification is fractionally purer than the .9990 floor common to most platinum bullion series — a deliberate product differentiation.