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5 Dollars - Charles III Hedwig
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Tribute effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and crown, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right. Coin specifications 5 OZ, AG .999, and 5 DOLLARS are inscribed in the lower field flanking the date 2023 at the base. The coin's irregular silhouette, shaped to evoke outstretched owl wings, extends beyond the circular flan. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Hedwig of Anjou became Queen of Poland in 1384 at roughly eleven years old — not as consort, but as sovereign in her own right, a constitutional distinction the Polish nobility insisted upon. She is one of very few medieval women to hold that title without a ruling husband. Her 1386 marriage to Władysław II Jagiełło, Grand Duke of Lithuania, forged the Polish-Lithuanian union that would define Central European politics for two centuries. She was canonized by John Paul II in 1997, making her a saint of living memory rather than distant hagiography.