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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Lü Bu
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley, set within a recessed circular inner field occupying the left portion of the coin. The surrounding high-relief field features a coiled Chinese dragon rendered in antiqued finish, its scaled body wreathing the composition, with three crossed swords rising prominently behind the inner portrait disk. The legend ELIZABETH II NIUE FIVE DOLLARS arcs around the inner circle, with the date 2019 and the fineness mark 3oz Ag999 inscribed in the lower portion of the inner field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Lü Bu is consistently ranked in Chinese historical tradition as the preeminent warrior of the Three Kingdoms period, his reputation cemented not by sober historiography but by the 14th-century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which elevated him to near-mythological status. Niue's legal tender framework has made the island a vehicle for exactly this kind of licensed pop-culture bullion, with the Cook Islands and similar Pacific jurisdictions competing aggressively for the same collector segment since the early 2000s.