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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Battle of Monte Cassino
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 3.11 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2019 Čm - Proof - 300 |
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Monte Cassino was taken on the fourth assault in May 1944, after months of grinding attrition that destroyed the sixth-century Benedictine abbey and killed tens of thousands across Allied and Axis forces combined. Polish II Corps under General Anders — many of them former Soviet POWs and deportees who had walked out of the USSR via Iran — planted their flag on the ruins. For Anders's men, it was as much a statement about Poland's postwar fate as it was a military objective.
Niue has issued commemorative gold under New Zealand's currency umbrella since the 1990s, producing collector bullion with no pretense of circulation intent.