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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 250 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, set against a matte field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim, NIUE appears at the top, and 250 DOLLARS runs along the right rim. The date 2022 is inscribed at the bottom of the field. The designer's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 oz 9999 Fine Gold © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. DARTH VADER |
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| Additional information |
Niue's licensing arrangements with major entertainment properties date to the early 2010s, when the island's government recognized that bullion-adjacent collectibles could generate revenue far exceeding anything its 1,600-person population could sustain through conventional commerce. This piece is part of that program — a legal tender instrument in the most technical sense, issued under a framework where face value is a legal formality and the coin functions entirely as a collectible commodity.
The .9999 fine specification places it among the purest gold issues in the Star Wars licensing series.