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S$2 2012 BENGAL CAT COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2012
Mint: New Zealand Mint
Denomination: $2
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Weight: 31.1035
Diameter: 40mm
Edge: Reeded
Orientation: UP-UP
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
Mintage: 8,000
Serial Number Certificate: No. 0260
Population: 8 19 Higher
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S$1 2014MW MAINE COON COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Mint: Mint of Poland
Denomination: $1
Decoration: Digital Printing/With Swarovski Elements
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Weight: 17.50grams
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Reeded
Designer: Malgorzata Rodek
Orientation: UP-UP
Mintage: 2014
Population: 2, 1 Higher
Grading Company: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra CameoNumista Rarity Index:
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S$1 2014MW PERSIAN COLORIZED
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Mint: Mint of Poland
Strike: Proof
Denomination 1 Dollar
Metal: Silver
Weight: 17.50g With Swarovski Elements
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Smooth
Decoration: Digital Printing
Mintage: 1,500
Population: 2 None Higher, Top Pop
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF70 Ultra Cameo
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NIUE
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S$1 2014MW BENGAL CAT COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Mint: Mint of Poland
Strike: Proof
Denomination: 1 Dollar
Metal: Silver with Swarovski Elements
Purity: .999
Weight: 17.50g
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Smooth
Designer: Malgorzata Rodek
Mintage: 1,500
Population: 2 One Higher
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
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S$1 2014MW SIAMESE COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Mint: Mint of Poland
Strike: Proof
Denomination: 1 Dollar
Metal: Silver, with Swarovski Elements
Purity: .999
Decoration: Digital Printing
Weight: 17.50g
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Smooth
Designer: Malgorzata Rodek
Mintage: 1,500
Population: 3 None Higher Top Pop
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
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NIUE
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S$1 2014MW JAVANESE COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Mint: Mint of Poland
Strike: Proof
Denomination: 1 Dollar
Metal: Silver, with Swarovski Elements
Purity: .999
Decoration: Digital Printing
Weight: 17.50g
Diameter: 38.61mm
Designer: Malgorzada Rodek
Mintage: 2,014
Population: 2, None Higher, Top Pop
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NIUE
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S$1 2014MW BRITISH SHORT HAIR COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Value: $1
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Diameter: 38.61mm
Weight: 17.50g
Edge: Smooth
Designer: Malgorzata Rodek
Decoration: Digital Printing
Uniqueness: Swarovski Crystals
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
Mintage: 1,500
Population: 4 one higher
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S$1 2015MW SCOTTISH FOLD COLORIZED
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Mint: Mint of Poland
Currency: Dollar
Denomination: $1
Strike: Proof
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Weight: 17.50grams
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Reeded
Decoration: Digital Printing/With Swarovski Elements
Designer: Malgorzata Rodek
Orientation: UP-UP
Mintage: 2014
Population: 2 Top Pop, Non-Higher
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF70 Ultra Cameo
Numista Rarity Index:
The Scottish Fold is one of the most friendly cat breeds in the world. Cats of this breed were discovered and first bred in Scotland, thus the name of the breed which refers to their country of origin and defining characteristic.
Scottish folds are well muscled, medium-sized cats weighing 4-6kg. The most distinctive feature of the Scottish Fold is its ears, which are small and tightly folded, forward and downward. They are typically good natured, friendly and cheerful. These iseal pets for companions do not feel comfortable when left without care for a long period of time. Sweet tempered and a bit shy they tend to become mush attracted to their caregivers and just love to be around them.
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S$1 2015MW SOMALI CAT COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2015
Mint: Mint of Poland
Currency: Dollar
Denomination: $1
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Decoration: Digital Printing/With Swarovshi Elements
Weight: 17.5 Grams
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Reeded
Designer: Matgorzata Rodek
Orientaion: UP-UP
Mintage: 999
Population: 1, 1 higher
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
Numista Rarity Index:
The breed appeared in the mid-sixties of the 20th century as a mutation of the Abyssinian cat. In order to distinguish cats from this mutation from pure Abyssinian ones, they were given a name of a neighboring country of Abyssinia-Somalia.
The first representatives of Somali cats were unwanted and unplanned mutations of Abyssinian cats. No sooner than 1965 in the USA some cat fanciers became interested in the long-haired strain of this breed and startered its inbreeding. The breed was acknowledged in 1979 and shortly after it spread throughout Europe, gaining even gtreater popularity than the Abyssinian cat.
Somali Cats are mid-sized animals with a muscular and slender stature. The almond shape of their enrapturing, shiny, hazel or amber eyes makes them look oriental.
the Somalis are sweet tempered, friendly and nimble cats which are always ready to play. Their sociable nature results in their constant desire of attention, care and affection which they should receive from their owners. These curious and wise cats are incredibly quick learners what makes them so easy to train.
Designer: Matgorzata Rodek
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
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NIUE
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S$1 2016MW DEVON REX COLORIZED
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2016
Mint: Mint of Poland
Denomination: $1
Designer: Malgorzata Rodez
Decoration: Digital Printing?With Swarovshi Elements
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Weight: 17.50grams
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Reeded
Orientation: UP-UP
Mintage: 999
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF70 Ultra Cameo
Population: 2 TOP POP, Non Higher
Numista Rarity Index
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NIUE
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S$1 1996 WILDLIFE - JAGUAR
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 1996
Value: 1 Dollar NZD
Metal: Silver
Purity: .500
Weight: 10.02g
Diameter: 30.00mm
Edge: Reeded
Endangered Wildlife Series: Jaguar
Mintage:
Population: 1 non higher Top Pop
References: KM# 113
Numista Rarity Index: 92
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NIUE
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S$1 2009MW YEAR OF THE TIGER COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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This coin has a population of 1. That is correct. the PF70 UC also has a Pop of 1.
Issuer: Niue Island
Face value: $1 One Dollar
Metal: Ag .925 with pad printing.
Quality: Proof
Diameter: 38.61mm
Weight: 28.28 g
Mintage: Up to 6000
Year of Issue: 2009
Mint: Mint of Poland, Warsaw
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NIUE
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S$2 2010 GILT YEAR OF THE TIGER
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NGC PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2010
Series: Year of the Tiger
Strike: Gilt
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF68 Ultra Cameo
Population: 2 one higher
Metal: Silver
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S$2 2012 KURILIAN BOBTAIL CAT COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2012
Mint: New Zealand Mint
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Weight: 1oz
Diameter: 40mm
Denomination: $2 NZL
Designer: Raphael Maklouf
Mintage: 8,000
Population: 37, two higher
Certificate: #0193
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NIUE
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$1 2014 SNOW LEOPARD COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2014
Value: 1 dollar NZD
Metal: Copper/nickel
Weight: 28g
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Reeded
Mintage: 1,000
Population: 1
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
Grading Service: NGC
Engraver obv: Ian Rank-Broadley
Mint: Poland Mint
Numista Rarity Index: 97
Niue’s Endangered Species series of coins has created numerous opportunities for collectors with its highly detailed designs and low mintage limits. This 2016 Snow Leopard silver proof is the 6th Endangered Species design and a product of the New Zealand Mint. As you may expect, this coin is made of .999 fine silver and weighs 1 Troy oz. Since this silver proof was issued for Niue, one side shows a detailed portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The opposite side displays a leaping snow leopard. There are plenty of fine details to observe here. The 2016 Snow Leopard silver proof is limited to a mintage of just 2,000 coins.
Physical description
Snow leopards are highly adapted to their home in the cold high mountains. Their thick fur patterned with dark rosettes and spots (a pattern that is unique to each individual snow leopard) is the perfect camouflage for their rocky habitat, allowing them to stalk their prey.
Their beautiful coats are also made up of long hairs with a dense, woolly underfur to protect them against the cold.
Snow leopards have longer tails than other big cats. They can be up to 1 m in length and help the leopards to balance on steep, rocky slopes. They also provide additional protection against the cold since the leopards can be wrap them around themsleves while they are resting.
Why they matter?
From Bhutan to China, this remarkable species plays a key role as both top predator and an indicator of the health of its high-altitude habitat. If snow leopards thrive so will countless other species, as well as the millions of people whose livelihoods depend on the rivers flowing down from Central Asia's mountains.
Snow leopards are solitary and elusive creatures that usually hunt at dawn and dusk. They’re stealthy predators, able to kill prey up to three times their own weight.
Snow leopards’ favoured prey are herbivores, such as blue sheep, Argali sheep and ibex. But in many areas, snow leopards also prey on livestock, bringing them into conflict with herders.
Indeed, snow leopard habitat provides important resources for local communities – from food and medicine to grazing for livestock, and wood for shelter, heat and fuel. As well as water sources for millions of people downstream.
Main threats
Snow leopards continue to face a number of threats including habitat loss, poaching and increasing conflict with communities. And climate change is now putting the future of their mountain home at even greater risk.
Poaching: Snow leopards have long been killed for their beautiful fur, but their bones and other body parts are also used in Traditional Asian Medicine. And the illegal trade in snow leopard parts appears to be increasing.
Conflict with communities: Herders sometimes kill snow leopards in retaliation for attacking their livestock. And the decline in the leopard’s natural prey - due to hunting, competition from increasing livestock herds, and habitat loss - is forcing them to rely more on livestock for food and increasing the risk of retaliatory killings.
Shrinking home: Snow leopards need vast areas to thrive, but expanding human and livestock populations are rapidly encroaching on their habitat. New roads and mines are also fragmenting their remaining range.
Changing climate: All these threats will be exacerbated by the impact of climate change on the fragile mountain environment - putting the future of snow leopards at even greater risk. It will also endanger the livelihoods of local communities and the tens of millions of people living downstream of these major watersheds.
This courtesy the WWF.
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S$1 2014MW SIBERIAN TIGER COLORIZED Dan Hughes Collection
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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PEDIGREE: Dan Hughes Collection. Population: 6 in PF69 No PF70 and 2 PF68.
Issuer: Niue Island
Face Value $1 One Dollar
Metal: Ag 999
Decoration: digital printing
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
Quality: Proof
Diameter: 38.61mm
Weight: 17.50 g
Mintage: 2000
Year of Issue: 2014
Design: Dobrochna Surajewska
Mint: Mint of Poland.
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S$1 2015MW AMUR LEOPARD COLORIZED
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Composition: Silver
Purity: .999
Weight: 17.50
Mintage: 2000
Population: 4
Diameter: 38.61mm
Edge: Plain
Numista Rarity
Index: 97
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S$1 2015 THE TIGER
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NGC MS 69
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2015
Grade: MS69
Grading Service: NGC
Diameter: 38.61mm
Weight: 31.135g
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S$2 2015 BENGAL TIGER EARLY RELEASES
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Mintage: 2,000
Population: 92
Composition: Silver
Purity: .999
Weight: 31.1g
Diameter: 40mm
Edge: Reeded
Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley
Numista Rarity
Index: 95
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S$2 2016 AFRICAN LION COLORIZED-EARLY RELEASES
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Population: 71.
Year of Issue: 2016
Composition: Silver
Weight in grams: 31.1
Weight in Ounces: 1 oz
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF70 Ultra Cameo
Finish: Proof
Purity: .999
Composition: Ag
Country: Niue Island
Mint: New Zealand Mint
Denomination: $2
Currency: Dollar
Dimension: 40mm
Mintage: 5,000
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S$2 2016 SNOW LEOPARD EARLY RELEASES
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Composition: Silver
Purity: .999
Diameter: 40mm
Thickness: 2.97mm
Edge: Reeded
Mintage: 2000
Population: 44
Numista Rarity
Index 0-100 97
Sixth of the Series "Endangered Species", the Snow Leopard 1 oz 999 fine Silver coin featuring beautiful mirrored image of an endangered animal, a Snow Leopard in the act of leaping on prey. This scene is mirrored in the finely engraved water. Low mintage 2.000 pieces worldwide
What WWF is doing
WWF has been working for many years to conserve the snow leopard by supporting a range of projects across Central Asia to reduce conflict between leopards and people, boost rural development, and control the illegal wildlife trade.
For example, we’ve helped build leopard-proof livestock pens, and we’ve set up compensation schemes for farmers who lose livestock to snow leopards. And supported camera traps and collaring to learn more about this elusive species.
In 2015, WWF launched its first ever network-wide Species Action Plan for snow leopards.
This comprehenseive strategy builds upon the organization’s long history in snow leopard conservation as well as the projects that WWF offices are currently undertaking in snow leopard range states.
The new strategy defines WWF’s contribution to the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Plan, which was adopted by all 12 range states, and will ensure that WWF's efforts will complement the activities of governments and other organizations.
Under this strategy, WWF will work in 14 priority snow leopard landscapes.
The organization will focus on reducing poaching and stopping the trafficking of snow leopards and reducing demand for their parts through TRAFFIC.
It will also work to scale up successful community-based approaches to reduce human-leopard conflict, while helping to mitigate the threats of climate change.
These rare, beautiful gray leopards live in the mountains of Central Asia. They are insulated by thick hair, and their wide, fur-covered feet act as natural snowshoes. Snow leopards have powerful legs and are tremendous leapers, able to jump as far as 50 feet (15 meters). They use their long tails for balance and as blankets to cover sensitive body parts against the severe mountain chill.
Snow leopards prey upon the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalaya, as well as the mountain ibex found over most of the rest of their range. Though these powerful predators can kill animals three times their weight, they also eat smaller fare, such as marmots, hares, and game birds.
One Indian snow leopard, protected and observed in a national park, is reported to have consumed five blue sheep, nine Tibetan woolly hares, twenty-five marmots, five domestic goats, one domestic sheep, and fifteen birds in a single year
This courtesy the WWF and Power Coin.
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S$2 2016 JAGUAR COLORIZED
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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Year of Issue: 2016
Composition: Silver
Weight in Grams: 31.1 grams
Weight in Ounces: 1 oz.
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo
Finish: Proof
Purity: .999
Country: Niue
Mint: New Zealand Mint
Denomination: 2
Currency: Dollar
Dimension: 40mm
Mintage: 5,000
Population: 15
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S$1 2016MW CASPIAN TIGER COLORIZED
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2016
Mint: Poland
Face Value: 1 dollar
Metal: Silver
Purity: .999
Silver content: 0.562 troy oz.
Decoration: Digital Printing
Diameter: 38.61mm
Weight: 17.50g
Mintage: 999
Population: 2
Grade: PF70 Ultra Cameo
Grading Service: NGC
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S$1 2016MW BARBARY LION COLORIZED
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
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Country: Niue
Denomination: $1
Currency: Dollar
Mintage:
Population: 1
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S$2 2017 AFRICAN LION
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NGC MS 69
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2017
Metal: Silver
Purity:
Weight: 31.10
Grade: MS69
Grading Service: NGC
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S$1 2017 Czech Lion
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NGC MS 68
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Country: Niue
Year of Issue: 2017
Mint: Mint of Poland
Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley
Value/Denomination: 1 Dollar NZD
Strike: MS Bullion
Metal: Silver
Weight: 31.1035 grams
Diameter: 37mm
Edge: Smooth
Purity: .999
Orientation: Medal Alignment: UP/UP
Mintage: 10,000
Population: 1
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: MS68
Numista Rarity Index: 97
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