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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Gray Wolf
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara with pearl drop earring visible. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply antiqued field. The arc legend 'ELIZABETH II NIUE FIVE DOLLARS' curves around the upper periphery, while the lower arc bears the denomination specifications '2 oz 2020 Ag 999'. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the bust truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE FIVE DOLLARS IRB 2 oz 2020 Ag 999 |
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Niue's arrangement with the New Zealand Mint has made it one of the most prolific bullion and collector-coin issuers relative to its actual population of roughly 1,600 people — a Pacific island territory whose legal tender coinage is produced entirely offshore and circulates nowhere on the island itself. The Gray Wolf entry in the Wildlife series targets the secondary collector market almost exclusively.
The KM#3897 reference places this squarely within a catalog sprawl that Krause has struggled to keep current given Niue's volume of annual releases.