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50 Cents - 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 | Diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II and NIUE ISLAND arc along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the denomination 50 CENTS is inscribed along the lower border. The portrait is set within a raised inner circle against a mirror-polished field. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Niue's authority to issue legal tender coinage derives from a 1981 agreement with New Zealand, which retains responsibility for the island's defense and foreign affairs. That arrangement has made Niue one of the more prolific small-territory issuers of commemorative silver, with the New Zealand Mint producing the bulk of these collector-targeted pieces through the 2000s. This dog-year issue belongs to a twelve-piece lunar series timed to the Chinese calendar — a format that found a reliable retail market among Southeast Asian collectors during that decade.