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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 500 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | Ag 999 2012 Elizabeth II 500 Dollars Niue Island |
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| Mintage | 2012 mw - Proof - 199 |
| Additional information |
Niue has functioned since the 1990s as a licensing vehicle for the New Zealand-administered collector coin market, issuing legal tender under its own authority while bearing no meaningful relationship to the island's actual economy or currency needs. This 750-gram piece is among the heavier entries in that genre — a format driven entirely by collector demand for large-format silver canvases rather than any monetary rationale.
The KM#973 attribution places it within a crowded field of Niuean religious and artistic themed issues from the early 2010s, when several mints competed aggressively for the themed bullion collector segment.