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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Football
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Diameter | 45 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The portrait is set within a recessed mirror-finish inner circle, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The outer border carries a continuous row of raised beads. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the upper arc to the left and NIUE ISLAND to the right, with the denomination 50 CENTS appearing in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE ISLAND IRB · 50 CENTS · |
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Niue's numismatic program has long operated as a revenue vehicle for the island government, licensing its sovereign coinage rights to overseas distributors who develop the actual products. This piece is a product of that arrangement — commissioned for the collector market rather than any domestic circulation need, with football theming almost certainly tied to anticipation of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.