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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Czech Lion
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2018-2019 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara and a drop earring, rendered in high relief after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear on the truncation. A stylised floral branch with heart-shaped leaves and buds extends across the lower left field. The circumscribed legend reads NIUE ISLAND to the upper left and ELIZABETH II · 2018 · to the right, with the denomination 50 DOLLARS inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | IRB · NIUE ISLAND 50 DOLLARS ELIZABETH II · 2018 · |
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The Czech Lion series, issued for Niue by the Czech Mint in Jablonec nad Nisou, was designed to serve the Czech and Slovak bullion market — a domestic audience with no particular attachment to Niue but strong demand for gold denominated outside the crown. The arrangement is commercially straightforward: Niue provides legal tender status, the Czech Mint provides manufacturing expertise developed over centuries of central European coinage tradition.
Jablonec nad Nisou has housed significant Czech minting operations since the communist-era restructuring of Czechoslovak industry. The facility strikes coins for dozens of issuing authorities under similar arrangements.