2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Machu Pichu

2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Machu Pichu) - obverse2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Machu Pichu) - reverse

© New Zealand Mint

Features

Issuer Niue
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2015
Value 2 Dollars
2 NZD = USD 1.19
Currency Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 31.10 g
Diameter 40 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
191929

Series: Forgotten cities

Obverse

The Effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II NIUE TWO DOLLARS
IRB
2015

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Machu Picchu

Lettering: 1 oz 999 FINE SILVER 13.1633° N, 72.5456° E

Edge

Reeded

Comments

The mystique of the forgotten city is engraved into this Forgotten Cities Silver Coin - Machu Picchu. The Incas built this city around 1450AD, as what is now believed to be an estate for the Inca emperor, Pachacuti (1438-1472), but abandoned it at the time of the Spanish Conquest only a century later. Lost to memory except to the local population it wasn't 'rediscovered' and bought to international attention until 1911, by the American Hiram Bingham.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2015  2 000 Proof

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