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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Venice
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a sweeping panoramic view of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice, rendered in extraordinary high relief with an antiqued finish and selective blue coloring applied to the lagoon waters in the foreground. Prominently featured at center is the Campanile di San Marco, rising in full height above the surrounding structures, while the ornate Gothic facade of the Palazzo Ducale occupies the right field. To the left, the column of San Marco surmounted by the winged lion stands at the waterfront, with gondolas moored along the riva in the lower field. A seagull in flight animates the sky above the scene. The legend AETERNITAS arcs across the upper border and VENICE is inscribed along the lower border, both rendered in gilt lettering against the antiqued silver ground. |
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This issue belongs to a wave of high-relief numismatic silver produced for Niue — a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand — whose government has licensed its coinage authority extensively since the 1990s to fund public services, a fiscal arrangement that has made it one of the most prolific issuers of collector-targeted silver in the Pacific.
The two-troy-ounce format places it squarely in the modern bullion-adjacent commemorative category, where secondary-market premiums live and die on mintage caps set by the distributor rather than anything Niue itself controls.