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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Joanna of Rožmitál
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Reverse description | Frontal stylized portrait bust of Joanna of Rožmitál (Johanka z Rožmitálu), Queen consort of Bohemia and wife of George of Poděbrady, depicted wearing a jeweled crown and a netted coif adorning her hair on both sides, with a pearl necklace at her throat and a garment with a pointed collar. The portrait is rendered in a flat, idealized medieval style reminiscent of Gothic panel painting, with frosted relief against a mirror-polished field. The legend JOHANKA Z ROŽMITÁLU curves along the left and bottom of the field, with the death date +1475 inscribed along the right side. |
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| Reverse lettering | JOHANKA Z ROŽMITÁLU +1475 |
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Joanna of Rožmitál was a Bohemian noblewoman whose brother, Lev of Rožmitál, undertook an extensive diplomatic tour of Western Europe between 1465 and 1467 on behalf of the Bohemian king George of Poděbrady. The journey was recorded in detail by two members of the party and remains one of the more vivid firsthand accounts of 15th-century European courts. Niue's numismatic program has repeatedly mined this kind of Central European medieval history — subjects with virtually no connection to the island itself — as commercial collectibles for the European market.