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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II 1986 Mexico World Cup
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Niue occupy the central field, depicted as a quartered shield surmounted by a Tudor crown. The quarters display the Southern Cross stars, three sailing vessels, a yellow-footed rock wallaby, a shell with a sheaf, and crossed hammer and pick, all flanked by two fern fronds as supporters. The country name NIUE arcs along the upper left legend, with the date 1988 positioned to the upper right. |
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| Reverse description | Two association football players are depicted in dynamic action at the center of the field, one lunging and the other in mid-stride, with a football visible to the right within a decorative oval border. The legend WORLD CUP arcs along the upper periphery, with MEXICO curving along the right side and the year 1986 inscribed along the lower right. The denomination 50 DOLLARS is inscribed within the field to the right of the footballers. |
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Niue's entry into the commemorative coin market came largely through the Singapore-based company Pobjoy Mint's aggressive licensing arrangements in the late 1980s, which saw the tiny Pacific island territory — population under 2,000 — become an unlikely issuer of dozens of international sports and event commemoratives. The 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico had already concluded two years before this piece was struck, a lag common to the wave of retrospective issues Niue authorized during this period.
The two-year delay between event and issue date is the coin's most telling detail.