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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II John IV of Pernstein
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust of Jan z Pernštejna (John IV of Pernstein, 1487–1548), the prominent Moravian nobleman, rendered in high relief in a naturalistic Renaissance portrait style. He is depicted wearing a broad-brimmed flat cap and a fur-trimmed collar with a chain about his shoulders, evoking his high aristocratic status. The legend JAN Z PERNŠTEJNA arcs along the lower left rim, while the dates 1487 · 1548 arc along the lower right, both in incuse Roman lettering against the mirrored proof field. |
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John IV of Pernstein served as Supreme Chancellor of Bohemia in the early sixteenth century and presided over one of the wealthiest noble houses in Central European history — the Pernstein family's silver mining interests in Moravia made them briefly richer than the Habsburgs themselves. That fortune collapsed spectacularly within two generations through a combination of debt, mismanagement, and imperial disfavor, leaving the dynasty effectively extinct by 1631.
This issue belongs to Niue's broader Czech and Slovak historical figures program, a licensing arrangement that uses the island's sovereign mint authority to produce collector gold for the European market.