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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Admiral Halsey
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | NIUE 1990 |
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Niue's early commemorative silver program in the late 1980s and 1990s leaned heavily on American military figures — an unusual choice for a Pacific island territory under New Zealand's protection, but commercially deliberate, targeting the U.S. collector market. Halsey commanded the Third Fleet during the island-hopping campaigns of 1944–45, including the controversial decision to chase Ozawa's decoy fleet at Leyte Gulf, leaving San Bernardino Strait unguarded.
KM#34 is part of a broader Admiral series from this issue year. Mintages for Niue's 1990 silver releases were generally low, though collector demand was driven almost entirely by export.