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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Queen Mother
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | The quartered coat of arms of Niue occupies the central field, featuring four quadrants displaying the Southern Cross stars, three sailing ships, a figure of a native islander, a shell with wheat sheaf, and crossed hammer and pick. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown and flanked on either side by stylised silver fern fronds serving as supporters. The legend NIUE arcs along the upper left periphery and the date 1997 along the upper right, both in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter portrait of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, dressed in a fur-collared coat and hat, is depicted in profile facing left against a backdrop of bomb-damaged London during the Blitz of 1940, with the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral visible amid the ruins and rubble in the central field. A dotted inner border frames the central design. The curved legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER arcs along the upper periphery, with the subsidiary legend THE BLITZ ON LONDON 1940 inscribed beneath it in a straight line. The denomination 5 DOLLARS appears in the lower exergue. |
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