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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Moses with the Tablets of the Law
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, centered within a circular legend on the rectangular gold flan. The surrounding legend reads 'ELIZABETH II · NIUE 2015' above and '· 50 DOLLARS ·' below the effigy. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the bust. In the lower-left field, the mint mark 'mw' and fineness designation 'Au 9999' are inscribed. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Niue's legal authority to issue commemorative coinage derives from a 1975 arrangement with New Zealand, which retains responsibility for the island's defense and foreign affairs. The territory has leveraged this minting right aggressively since the 1990s, contracting primarily through the New Zealand Mint to produce collector issues for the global bullion and numismatic market — revenue that materially supplements the island's roughly 1,600-person economy.
At 15.51 grams of .9999 fine gold, this piece corresponds to a half-troy-ounce denomination structure, a format common to Niue's biblical series issued around this period.