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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Chernobyl
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#4506 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dramatic close-up composition centered on the eyepiece lens of a Soviet-era respirator mask, rendered in high relief against an antiqued field. Reflected within the circular lens is a detailed scene of Chernobyl cleanup workers engaged in decontamination efforts within the exclusion zone, evoking the human cost of the disaster. The surrounding mask body is rendered with fine surface detail, conveying the texture of aged rubber. The legend CHERNOBYL appears in bold lettering above, and the fateful date 26.04.1986 is inscribed below, commemorating the day of the nuclear catastrophe. |
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| Mintage | 2021 - Antiqued - 500 |
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Niue has built a substantial business issuing commemorative silver for the international collector market — a revenue stream that has little to do with the island's 1,600 residents and everything to do with licensing agreements with the Polish mint Mennica Polska, which struck this piece. The Chernobyl disaster of April 26, 1986 killed an officially acknowledged 31 people directly, though epidemiological estimates of long-term radiation-related deaths range into the tens of thousands depending on methodology — a figure still contested between Soviet-era archives and independent researchers.
The 35th anniversary timing of this 2021 release coincides with renewed public attention following the HBO dramatization of 2019.