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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Steffi Graf
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE 1988 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a portrait of German tennis champion Steffi Graf facing slightly left, depicted holding a large trophy cup in her left hand and a tennis racket in her right hand, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The figure is framed by two symmetrical laurel branches curving from the lower field upward on either side. The circular legend along the upper periphery reads XXIV OLYMPIC GAMES SEOUL 1988 · STEFFI GRAF · MASTERS CHAMPION 1987·, all in raised Latin lettering. The denomination 50 DOLLARS is inscribed in two lines at the base of the design below the portrait. |
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Niue began issuing commemorative coinage in the late 1980s as a deliberate revenue strategy — the island's GDP was negligible and philatelic and numismatic programs offered a direct path to foreign currency income. This piece was released in 1988, the year Graf completed the Golden Slam: all four Grand Slam titles plus Olympic gold at Seoul, the only time in tennis history anyone has achieved that in a single calendar year.