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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II George S. Patton
| Uitgever | Niue |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1990 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | NIUE 1990 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | A bold portrait of General George S. Patton in military uniform and helmet, depicted in three-quarter view with his right arm raised in a commanding gesture, evoking his legendary battlefield leadership. Below the portrait, two military tanks advance in low relief across the lower field, reinforcing the martial theme. The legend GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON · DEFENDER OF FREEDOM curves around the upper periphery, the denomination 5 DOLLARS appears at the right, and the word FORWARD in quotation marks is inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Niue's early commemorative program in the late 1980s and early 1990s leaned heavily on American military figures, issued under a licensing arrangement that gave the tiny Pacific island territory a revenue stream while producing coins with essentially no connection to its own history. Patton was a logical commercial choice — his notoriety in the United States guaranteed collector interest, particularly among a generation for whom the 1970 George C. Scott film had cemented the general's mythology.
KM#31 is copper-nickel, not silver, which places it firmly in the souvenir tier of the series rather than the bullion-adjacent issues Niue also produced concurrently.