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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Galaxy NGC 4945
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupies the central field, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below the truncation. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and NIUE ISLAND to the upper right, separated by a dotted inner border. The denomination 50 CENTS and the date 2015 appear along the lower arc of the field, flanked by raised dot ornaments. The entire design is framed by a beaded border running along the coin's rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue has long operated as one of the Pacific's most prolific coin-issuing jurisdictions despite a population under 2,000, licensing its monetary authority to generate revenue through collector series. This piece is part of a broader NGC galaxy program — NGC 4945 is a barred spiral galaxy in Centaurus, roughly 13 million light-years distant, notable among astronomers for housing one of the nearest known Seyfert 2 nuclei.
Gold-plated brass issues of this type were struck in large numbers for the numismatic market and saw no circulation whatsoever on Niue itself.