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5 Dollars - Charles III Silver Note Coinbar

Issuer Niue
Year 2024
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Currency Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date)
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Obverse script Latin
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Edge Plain
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Niue has functioned as a prolific licensing vehicle for the New Zealand-administered coin program since the 1990s, issuing commemoratives under its name while bearing no practical monetary relationship to the face value stamped on them. The "coinbar" format — a hybrid between a cast or pressed bar and a legal-tender coin — emerged largely as a collector product category in the 2010s, driven by bullion dealers seeking a premium over spot without the per-unit cost of full coin dies. Charles III's accession in September 2022 generated a wave of such issues across Commonwealth-affiliated territories.

At 100g of .9999 fine silver, the intrinsic value alone far exceeds the nominal five-dollar face.

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