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5 Dollars - Charles III Vikings
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The central field features an ornate baroque cartouche bearing the Public Seal of Niue, depicted as a circular medallion surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by elaborate acanthus scrollwork. The seal displays the national emblem with crossed implements and the legends ATUA and NIUE TUKULAGI. A ribbon banner below the cartouche bears the date 2024, while the inscription FINE SILVER appears on a scroll above the shield. The peripheral legend reads VIKINGS along the upper arc and 5 DOLLARS along the lower arc, with the specifications 2oz., AG.9999, and the mintmaster's mark distributed around the border on a fine crosshatched ground. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niue's agreement with the New Zealand Treasury allows it to issue legal tender coinage without operating a mint of its own — a fiscal arrangement that has made the island's numismatic program one of the most prolific in the Pacific, licensing designs that would never emerge from a sovereign mint with stricter mandate constraints. The Vikings series sits within that commercial framework, produced for the collector market rather than circulation.
KM#7050 is among the first Niue issues to bear Charles III's effigy following the updated Ian Rank-Broadley portrait adopted after Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.