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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Chronos
| Issuer | Tokelau |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Engraver(s) | IRB (Ingrid Rachel Baij) |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 DOLLARS 20 21 IRB ELIZABETH II TOKELAU |
| Reverse description | The reverse is designed as an elaborate clock face, with Roman numerals I through XII arranged around the broad outer chapter ring, interspersed with decorative floral ornaments, and the chemical symbol 'Ag' positioned at the twelve o'clock position. Within the inner field, two mirror-image mermaids are depicted resting upon crossed anchors amid swirling wave-engraved background, with a pair of ornate clock hands rising from a central holographic disc element. The legend 'CHRONOS' arcs across the upper portion of the inner field, while the inscription '1oz FINE SILVER 9999' curves along the lower inner border. |
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Tokelau has no mint of its own and no indigenous coinage tradition — its "issues" are licensing arrangements, with this piece almost certainly struck by the New Zealand Mint on behalf of the territory's administered coin program. Tokelau's total land area is under 12 square kilometers across three atolls, making it one of the smallest issuing authorities in the world by any geographic measure.
Chronos, as a personification distinct from the Titan Cronus, was a later Hellenistic and Orphic theological construction — not a figure of classical Olympian religion.