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5 Dollars - Charles III Sir Perceval
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse lettering | KING ARTHUR LANCELOT PERCEVAL DEGORE BEDWERE KAY GALAHALLT BOHOR GAUVAIN TRISTAN HECTOR LAMORAK FIVE DOLLARS NIUE 2023 ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI 2 OZ .999 FINE SILVER |
| Reverse description | High-relief antiqued depiction of Sir Perceval, armored knight of the Round Table, shown in dynamic combat stance at center, wielding a gold-gilt sword raised aloft in his right hand while bearing a heraldic shield with selective color application in his left, the shield decorated with a red cross, a golden chalice, and a flame motif on a blue field with red stars. A great serpent or dragon coils across the lower field and left side, entwining a female figure in distress at upper left, while a roaring lion and a second female figure holding a chalice appear in the rocky landscape at right, evoking scenes from Arthurian legend. The inscription CAMELOT appears in gothic script at lower left of the field, and SIR PERCEVAL in matching script at lower center, incuse into the coin's surface. |
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Spencer Perceval remains the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated — shot in the lobby of the House of Commons on 11 May 1812 by John Bellingham, a merchant with a personal grievance against the government. Niue has issued commemoratives through the New Zealand Mint under licensing arrangements that allow an almost unlimited range of historical subjects, which explains how a Regency-era British statesman ends up on Pacific island coinage under Charles III's name.