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250 Dollars - Elizabeth II Davis Cup
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | The central device depicts the coat of arms of Niue, a quartered shield featuring four five-pointed stars in the upper left canton, a Hector's dolphin and a sailing vessel in the upper right, a shell and sheaf in the lower left, and crossed hammer and pick in the lower right. The shield is surmounted by the St Edward's Crown and flanked on either side by sprays of silver fern, the national emblem of New Zealand. The legend 'NIUE' appears to the left of the field and the date '1989' to the right, both arching along the coin's periphery. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue entered the commemorative coin market aggressively in the late 1980s, licensing sporting and entertainment properties through the Franklin Mint and related distributors to generate hard currency revenue — the island's GDP being too small to sustain a conventional numismatic program independently. The Davis Cup series was part of that initial wave.
Struck in 22-karat gold at a modest 10 grams, these were produced in low mintages aimed squarely at collector rather than circulaton markets, and virtually none reached the island itself.