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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Franz Beckenbauer
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the crowned coat of arms of Niue, a quartered shield displaying five stars, three sailing vessels, a figure with a spear, a sheaf of grain, and crossed hammer and pick, surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown. The shield is flanked on either side by a sprig of silver fern, emblematic of the Pacific Island nation. The legend NIUE appears to the upper left and the date 1988 to the upper right, both rendered in relief along the inner border of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE 1988 |
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Niue's early commemorative program in the late 1980s was essentially a licensing operation — the island territory issued coins under New Zealand monetary authority while contracting designs tied to international celebrities and sports figures, generating revenue almost entirely from collector sales rather than circulation. Beckenbauer was at this point freshly retired from playing and midway through building the managerial career that would take West Germany to the 1990 World Cup title.