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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Voskovec and Werich
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features conjoined portrait busts of the Czech theatrical legends Jan Werich (facing three-quarters left, older visage with distinctive beard) and Jiří Voskovec (facing right in profile, younger appearance with open collar), rendered in bold sculptural relief against a polished field. The composition is the work of engraver František Živný, whose monogram 'FZ' appears in the lower exergue. The surrounding legend, divided along the left and right rims, reads '· JAN WERICH ·' and '· JIŘÍ VOSKOVEC ·', with the commemorative dates '· 1905 – 2015 ·' arched along the upper border, marking the centenary of Jan Werich's birth. |
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| Mintage | 2015 CM - Proof - 200 |
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Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich ran their Liberated Theatre in Prague through the 1930s as an explicitly anti-fascist cabaret, drawing direct condemnation from the Nazi press before either man had reason to flee. Werich eventually emigrated to the United States after the 1948 Communist coup; Voskovec had already left in 1939. That a Pacific island territory issued their commemorative is purely a function of Niue's role as a platform for Czech and Slovak collector coins — the National Bank of Slovakia and associated mints have used Niue's issuing authority for decades to produce legal-tender numismatic pieces with no practical circulation connection to the island itself.