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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Dog
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field within a raised beaded border. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the neck. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and NIUE ISLAND to the upper right, with the denomination 5 DOLLARS displayed at the bottom, all separated by small dot stops within the broad milled border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE ISLAND IRB · 5 DOLLARS · |
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Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative issuing authority since the 1990s, leveraging its status as a New Zealand realm territory with full coin-issuing rights. The 2006 Year of the Dog piece belongs to a lunar series produced under license arrangements common to Pacific island mints of this period, where the physical striking was contracted to overseas facilities while Niue supplied the legal tender framework.