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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Harpy
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse lettering | · 5 DOLLARS · ELIZABETH II · 2020 · NIUE ISLAND CM IRB |
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| Mintage | 2020 CM - Proof - 500 |
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Niue has served as a Pacific licensing hub for bullion and collector coinage since the 1990s, its constitutional association with New Zealand granting it the legal standing to issue currency while its tiny domestic economy means virtually none of it circulates. This piece belongs to a broader wave of Niuean gold fractionals produced for the international collector market, struck at refineries under contract rather than any facility on the island itself.
The harpy of Greek mythology — a winged death-spirit later recast as a storm daemon — saw renewed numismatic interest in the 2010s as fantasy creature series proliferated across Pacific and Caribbean issuing authorities.