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5 Dollars - Charles III Grand Lebanon
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Diameter | 50 mm |
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| Obverse description | Against a deeply contrasting ruthenium-blackened field, the central device presents the Public Seal of Niue rendered in bold gold-plated relief, depicting a stylised plant motif enclosed within a zigzag-bordered roundel and flanked by an ornate wreath of elongated leaf-and-diamond shaped elements. Two crossed traditional Niuean paddles appear below the seal, and a royal crown surmounts the composition at the top. A scroll below the central roundel bears the inscriptions ATUA and NIUE TUKULAGI. The denomination FIVE DOLLARS arcs along the upper field in spaced Latin capitals, while the date 2025 and the specifications 2 OZ 999.9 AG appear along the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Grand Liban — Greater Lebanon — was proclaimed by French General Henri Gouraud on September 1, 1920, carved from Ottoman and Syrian territory under the League of Nations mandate. The borders were drawn deliberately to include the Bekaa Valley and the coastal cities, giving the new entity an economic base but ensuring it would never be ethnically or religiously homogeneous. That tension proved permanent.
Niue's prolific licensing program has made it the issuing authority of record for hundreds of collector pieces with no connection to the island itself. The ruthenium plating here is a finishing technique favored for selective contrast on high-relief struck silver — the coating adds no meaningful bullion value, purely visual differentiation in recessed areas.