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50 Dollars - Charles III Hawksbill Turtle
| Issuer | New Zealand Mint (on behalf of Niue) |
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| Year | 2025-2026 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars 50 NZD = RSD 2984 |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned right-facing effigy of King Charles III after the portrait by Jody Clark, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail to the hair and facial features. The legend CHARLES III flanks the left periphery and 50 DOLLARS the right periphery, with NIUE arching across the upper field between two raised bullet stops. The date 2026 appears in the lower field between two bullet stops, and the engraver's initials JC are incuse below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The hawksbill is listed as critically endangered under the IUCN Red List, with global nesting populations estimated at fewer than 25,000 females — a collapse driven largely by centuries of tortoiseshell trade, which targeted this species almost exclusively. Niue has no meaningful hawksbill habitat of its own; the New Zealand Mint issues these coins on the island's behalf under a longstanding licensing arrangement that has made Niue one of the most prolific coin-issuing jurisdictions per capita on earth.