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Description:
Obverse
Rank-Broadley’s initials IRB are located just beneath the bust truncation. Wrapping around the rim, starting at the 7 o’clock position is the inscription: ELIZABETH II, NIUE, TWO DOLLARS. Centered at the bottom of the design is the date: 2016.
Reverse
The reverse of the 2016 Niue $2 silver Princess Leia coin shows the heroine, portrayed by Carrie Fisher, as seen in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977). She is wearing a white gown made famous in the movie, along with her bun hairstyle, which resembles a large bun wrapped upon the side of her head over each ear.
In the reverse design, Princess Leia is seen from her right in a direct side-profile view as she tenderly bends forward to address her robot sidekick R2D2. Princess Leia kindly gazes toward the “face” of R2D2 while revealing plans on attacking the moon-sized destroyer space ship known as the Death Star, helmed by the evil Darth Vader.
On the coin, R2D2 squarely faces Princess Leia, reverently bowing a few degrees forward (leftward) to acknowledge the presence of the Jedi princess.
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