Coin | Gold Ounce 2019 Japanese Trade Dollar |
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Niue, a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand, uses two official legal tender currencies. The New Zealand Dollar is the circulation currency for daily transactions, while the government also authorises legal tender coins in the Niue Dollar currency for collector's purposes.
A number of mints issue a large variety of commemorative and collector coins under the authority of Niue. These coins are dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes not related to Niue itself. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes - such as one ounce of gold (abbreviated as 1 oz Au, where "Au" comes from the Latin word for gold, Aurum).
The 2019 1 oz Niue Japanese Trade Dollar Gold Coin is part of a range dedicated to "trade dollars" and is inspired by the Japanese Trade Dollar of the 19th century.
The Mint says about this coin: The Japanese trade dollar was, for the most part, an experiment to enter the lucrative markets of Chinese trade and in order to encourage Japanese merchants to increase their own economic activity. The coins were equivalent to the Trade Dollars introduced two years earlier from the United States. The first coins issued in 1875 included the regnal year of 8 and the last were denoted as 10 although they may have been struck in the 11th year of the Emperor’s reign referred to as the Meiji era.
The design for Japan’s Trade Dollar carried over from the first silver Yen coins struck in 1870. The obverse side of these exceptional coins portrayed a traditional depiction of a coiled dragon holding a tamashi which is an orb or treasure sphere regarded as a special jewel said to contain supernatural power. According to myth, if a dragon loses its tamashi, it will lose its own supernatural power. The Dragon and orb were enclosed in a circle of dots and around which are inscribed the date of the coin in Kanji, the adopted logographic Chinese characters used in the Japanese writing system. |
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The obverse of the coin shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.
In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).
Around the effigy is the monarch's legend, the date of issue and the value: QUEEN ELIZABETH II · NIUE ISLAND · 250 DOLLARS · 2019 ·.
The effigy is surrounded by an arabesque cartouche. There is a wide rim around the centre, decorated in Oriental fashion with a "key" pattern. |
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Surrounded by an "Oriental"-style border with a "key" pattern, the reverse of the coin shows a Japanese dragon holding a treasure orb (tamashi).
Around, between the central design and the Oriental rim, the inscription THE EAST INDIA COMPANY · TRADE DOLLAR ·. |
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Reverse Inscription |
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY · TRADE DOLLAR · |
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Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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Notes | Finish: proof, Ultra High Relief. Packaging: in presentation box, with a Certificate of Authenticity. East India Company SKU: TD19GP01 Issue price: £2,995.00 |
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Issued in Set |
The Trade Dollar Collection 1oz Gold Proof Five Coin Set, mintage 50 5 coins: 1 oz Gold, British Trade Dollar, 2018, 1 oz Gold, US Trade Dollar, 2018, 1 oz Gold, Chinese Trade Dollar, 2019, 1 oz Gold, Japanese Trade Dollar, 2019, 1 oz Gold, French Trade Dollar, 2020
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See also |
Coins issued by The East India Company and featuring Trade Dollar designs include: - 1 oz Gold Proof, British Trade Dollar, Niue 2018 - 1 oz Silver Bullion, British Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2018 - 1 oz Gold Proof, US Trade Dollar, Niue 2018 - 1 oz Silver Proof, US Trade Dollar, Niue 2018 - 1 oz Silver Bullion, US Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2018 - 1 oz Silver Proof, British Trade Dollar, Niue 2018 - 1 oz Gold Proof, Chinese Trade Dollar, Niue 2019 - 1 oz Silver Proof, Chinese Trade Dollar, Niue 2019 - 1 oz Silver Bullion, Chinese Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2019 - 1 oz Gold Proof, Japanese Trade Dollar, Niue 2019 - 1 oz Silver Proof, Japanese Trade Dollar, Niue 2019 - 1 oz Gold Proof, French Trade Dollar, Niue 2020 - 1 oz Silver Proof, French Trade Dollar, Niue 2020 - 1 oz Silver Bullion, French Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2020 - 1 oz Silver Bullion, Japanese Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2020 - 1 oz Gold Proof, Modern Chinese Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2021 - 1 oz Silver Bullion and Proof, Modern Chinese Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2021 - 1 oz Gold Proof, Modern British Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2022 - 1 oz Silver Bullion and Proof, Modern British Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2022 - 1 oz Gold Proof, Modern Japanese Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2023 - 1 oz Silver Bullion and Proof, Modern Japanese Trade Dollar, Saint Helena 2023
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