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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II John F. Kennedy
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · NIUE ISLAND IRB · 5 DOLLARS · 2017 · |
| Reverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of President John F. Kennedy occupying the central field, rendered in high relief. Arching above the bust is the date range 1917-2017, commemorating the centenary of Kennedy's birth. The name JOHN F. KENNEDY is inscribed along the lower rim in two lines flanking the bust. A curved inscription reading THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN, THINGS ARE MADE TO HAPPEN — a well-known Kennedy quotation — arcs around the left side of the portrait in the field. |
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Niue has operated as a reliable vehicle for international commemorative issues since the 1990s, its licensing arrangements with foreign mints allowing it to produce legal tender struck at facilities far beyond its 1,600-person population's needs. This Kennedy piece belongs to a broader wave of fractional gold commemoratives — 1/10 oz, .999 fine — that flooded the collector market in the 2010s as spot prices made small-denomination gold viable for impulse buyers.
Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963 triggered one of the fastest authorized design changes in U.S. Mint history; the half dollar bearing his portrait entered circulation less than four months later.