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5 Dollars - Charles III Casablanca
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also struck in shield form, features the iconic Warner Bros. shield logo rendered in relief as a large 'WB' monogram dominating the field. Against this backdrop, a full-color applied design depicts Bugs Bunny, portrayed in the style of Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine, wearing a wide-brimmed fedora and bow tie, alongside Lola Bunny rendered as Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa Lund with blonde hair and a floral hair ornament, both characters parodying the classic film Casablanca. The title 'Casablanca' is inscribed in bold red script lettering across the upper central field. The legend 'Produced by WARNER BROS' appears in the upper portion of the shield above the central design. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Niue's arrangement with the New Zealand Treasury allows it to issue legal tender coinage under its own name despite having no independent monetary system — a technicality that has made the island a favored vehicle for commemorative programs since the 1990s. The Casablanca connection here almost certainly references the 1942 Allied landings in North Africa, Operation Torch, rather than the film — though the marketing surrounding this series has deliberately kept that ambiguity alive.
Charles III ascended following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, triggering a mandatory obverse redesign across all Commonwealth-adjacent issuers.