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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Bounty
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Niue occupy the central field, depicting a quartered shield bearing the Southern Cross stars, three sailing ships, a coconut palm with a figure, a shell with wheat sheaf, and crossed hammers, all surmounted by a royal crown with cross pommée. The shield is flanked on each side by a sprig of silver fern. The legend NIUE arcs along the upper left periphery and the date 1992 arcs along the upper right, both in raised Latin capitals against a mirror-polished field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue's early 1990s commemorative program was essentially a licensing operation — the island nation collected royalties on designs it had little hand in producing, with actual striking contracted to foreign mints. The Bounty series rode the wave of renewed interest following the 1984 Dino De Laurentiis film, though by 1992 that commercial moment had largely passed. Half-silver at .500 fineness was a cost-cutting choice that kept these accessible as gift items rather than serious bullion pieces.