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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Karel Kryl
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | The right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupies the upper left quadrant of the field, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. Superimposed in the right and lower portions of the field is a detailed sculptural rendering of Saint Wenceslas mounted on horseback, bearing a banner staff, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished background. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper right rim, with the date 2019 positioned to the right of the equestrian figure. The denomination 5 DOLLARS and issuer name NIUE ISLAND are inscribed along the left rim. The Czech Mint mark appears at the bottom of the field. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Karel Kryl was a Czech singer-songwriter whose 1969 debut album Bratříčku, zavírej vrátka — recorded within weeks of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia — made him an immediate target of the Husák normalization regime. He spent the following two decades broadcasting into Czechoslovakia from Radio Free Europe in Munich, his songs circulating on samizdat cassettes. This Niuean issue is part of a broader Czech and Slovak commemorative coin program that has consistently used the country's silver output to honor dissidents and cultural figures suppressed under communist rule.