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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Napoleon Bonaparte
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse occupies a circular cartouche set within the left portion of the rectangular gold bar format, featuring the fourth-portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the initials IRB below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above and NIUE appears to the right within the cartouche, while the denomination 5 DOLLARS and date 2021 are inscribed along the lower arc. To the right of the cartouche, within the plain field of the bar, three lines of text read SOLID GOLD, WEIGHT 2.5 g, and FINE GOLD 999.9, presented in a clean, modern typographic style. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte rendered in a romantic, painterly style, dominating the left portion of the rectangular gold bar field. The figure is shown in three-quarter profile facing left, with flowing hair and imperial bearing, set against a plain polished field. To the right, a decorative laurel branch motif frames the bold inscription NAPOLEON BONAPARTE in two lines, followed by the death date †5.5.1821 below, commemorating the bicentenary of his passing. The overall composition balances the figural portrait with elegant typography in the right-hand field. |
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One of a long line of privately designed bullion and collector issues contracted through New Zealand's Niue agreement, which grants the island nation a share of proceeds in exchange for its legal tender framework. Niue itself has no meaningful coin-issuing infrastructure — the arrangement is administered almost entirely by external mints and distributors targeting the collector market. Small-format gold issues like this, at 2.5 g, are calibrated to a sub-one-tenth-ounce price point that emerged aggressively in the 2010s as mints competed for entry-level precious metal buyers.