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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Bartholomew
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central circular raised panel bearing the right-facing diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, set within a dotted inner border. The legend ELIZABETH II · NIUE · FIVE DOLLARS arcs around the upper and right periphery of the circular panel, while the date 2012 appears below the portrait. The lower field of the rectangular planchet bears the inscriptions 100g and 999 FINE SILVER, confirming the coin's bullion specifications. The obverse field outside the central roundel has a smooth, polished finish contrasting with the proof-struck portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · NIUE · FIVE DOLLARS 2012 100g 999 FINE SILVER |
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Niue has operated a prolific coin program since the 1990s, licensing its sovereign issuing authority to produce commemorative and collector pieces with virtually no connection to the island's domestic economy. The 100g format here places this squarely in the bullion-adjacent collector market rather than anything approaching circulation.
Bartholomew — the historical pirate, active in the early 18th century — remains a figure whose biography is almost entirely reconstructed from Charles Johnson's 1724 A General History of the Pyrates, a source of disputed authorship and uncertain reliability.