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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Summer Olympics
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Central design features the coat of arms of Niue, depicting a quartered shield with stars of the Southern Cross, sailing ships, a coconut palm with two figures, a yellow fan coral, and crossed hammer and torch. The shield is surmounted by a Royal Crown and flanked on both sides by silver fern fronds. The legend NIUE arcs along the upper left rim and the date 1991 along the upper right rim, both in raised Latin characters against a polished proof field. |
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| Reverse description | Central motif depicts two male sprinters in mid-stride on a stylized athletics track, rendered in high relief. The runners wear numbered competition bibs and are shown against a background suggesting a grandstand with flags. The curved track lines in the lower field evoke a globe or stadium perspective. The legend OLYMPIC GAMES 1992 arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination 10 DOLLARS appears in the lower exergue, all in raised Latin lettering against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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Niue's Olympic commemorative program in the early 1990s was a straightforward revenue exercise — the island's population of roughly 2,000 gave it no meaningful connection to the Barcelona Games it was nominally commemorating. The issues were produced under licensing arrangements that allowed small Pacific territories to monetize their minting authority, with coins sold almost exclusively to collectors outside Niue.
KM#46 belongs to a crowded field of 1991-dated silver issues from similar jurisdictions, most of which never approached their stated mintage limits.