5 Dollars - Elizabeth II William Shakespeare`s Hamlet
5 Dollars - Elizabeth II William Shakespeare`s Hamlet
€171,873.00
Issuer
CIT
Year
2016
Type
Non-circulating
coins
Value
5 Dollars
Currency
Dollar (1972-date)
Composition
Gold plated copper
Weight
145 g
Dimensions
65 mm
Thickness
Shape and Technique
Round Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
Ian Rank-Broadley
In circulation to
Reference(s)
Obverse description
The Effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
ELIZABETH II 5 DOLLARS COOK
ISLANDS
IRB
2016
Reverse description
Etched with the opening lines to Shakespeare’s most famous soliloquy, ‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE’. The play’s most iconic image - Yorrick’s skull held aloft - adorns the centre of the design, surrounding the Nano chip, in an intricate illumination style.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
SHAKESPEARE`S HAMLET
To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether `tis nobler in
the mind to suffer the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
and by opposing end them?
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
