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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Dwight D Eisenhower
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Value | 200 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter-length portrait of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in military uniform, his five-star general's cap prominently displayed, is set against a background of crossed flags billowing behind him. The composition conveys authority and wartime leadership. The denomination '200 DOLLARS' appears in the right field. The circular legend reads 'GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER · DEFENDER OF FREEDOM' along the upper periphery and '· DUTY . HONOR . COUNTRY ·' along the lower periphery, all in raised Latin capitals against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue's early gold program, launched in the late 1980s, relied heavily on licensing arrangements that turned the island's sovereign coinage rights into a vehicle for foreign bullion and commemorative distributors. This Eisenhower piece was produced not to circulate on Niue — a territory of some 2,000 people with no meaningful domestic coin economy — but to satisfy collector markets, primarily in North America, drawn to the subject matter.
Eisenhower died in March 1969, making 1990 the 21st anniversary of his death — no particularly round number. The timing tracks more closely to commercial scheduling than to any historical occasion.