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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Maotse Tung and the Long March
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II - NIUE 2004 5 DOLLARS |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue has long operated as a licensing issuer for commemorative coinage with no pretense of domestic circulation — these pieces are revenue instruments for a self-governing territory of roughly 1,500 people. This 2004 issue marks the 70th anniversary of the Long March, the 1934–35 retreat of the Communist Party of China's Red Army covering approximately 9,000 kilometers through some of the most inhospitable terrain in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
Mao himself nearly died of malaria during the march and was temporarily stripped of command before being reinstated at the Zunyi Conference in January 1935 — the political turning point that cemented his rise to dominance within the party.