2 Dollars (Birth) – Niue

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 125th Birth Anniversary

Context

Year: 2013

Issuer: Niue

Ruler: Elizabeth II

Currency:

Dollar of New Zealand

(since 1987)

Total mintage: 1,888

Material

Diameter: 40 mm

Weight: 31.1 g

Silver weight: 31.07 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 99.9% Silver

Standard: Silver ounce

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Medal alignment

OBVERSE ↑

⟳

flip

REVERSE ↑

References

KM: #1241

Numista: #230793

Value

Exchange value: 2 NZD = $1.20

Bullion value: $89.86

Obverse

Description:

Queen Elizabeth II's effigy

Inscription:

ELIZABETH II NIUE TWO DOLLARS

IRB

2013

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Description:

Lawrence's headdress maps the Middle East on one side, while the other's folds evoke the desert dunes he called home. A Sopwith Camel biplane against this backdrop symbolizes his love of flight and RAF service. The fragmented grid represents the complex, secretive layers of his life.

Inscription:

T.E.

LAWRENCE

1888-1935