2021-04-26 Mon

Niue Mint issued a new Proof 1-ounce silver dollar to mark the 95th Birth Anniversary of HRH Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II, already the oldest and longest-serving monarch in British history, reached her 95th birthday on 21st April 2021. Born in 1926, Queen Elizabeth not only surpassed Queen Victoria’s length of reign in 2015 she is also the longest-reigning queen in recorded history.

To mark the milestone, Niue presents a Proof 1-ounce silver dollar. The obverse carries the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, in crowned profile facing right. The legend ELIZABETH II, the issuer, and date of issue and denomination also appear.

The reverse features a bust profile portrait, facing right, of Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation in 1953, flanked by lion and unicorn supporters, and surrounded by a garland of the national flowers (floral badges) of the four constituents of the United Kingdom, the Tudor rose (England), the thistle (Scotland), daffodil (Wales) and the shamrock (for Northern Ireland). The legends QUEEN ELIZABETH II is above, and her birth year, 1926 is at the bottom.

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