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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Kutuzov
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Reverse description | Conjoined right-facing busts of Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, depicted in the foreground wearing a heavily decorated military uniform adorned with orders, epaulettes, and medals, and Napoleon Bonaparte shown in profile behind him in military attire. A detailed battle scene from the Patriotic War of 1812 occupies the background field, featuring infantry soldiers, cavalry, and a ruined architectural structure to the right. The date '1812' is inscribed in the upper field above the portraits, commemorating the bicentenary of the French invasion of Russia. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Part of a Russian military commanders series issued by Niue — a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand that has become a prolific vehicle for commemorative coinage — this piece honors Mikhail Kutuzov, the field marshal who commanded Russian forces during Napoleon's 1812 invasion. Kutuzov's decision to abandon Moscow rather than defend it in pitched battle was widely condemned at the time, including by Tsar Alexander I, but the strategic withdrawal ultimately gutted the Grande Armée through attrition and the Russian winter.
He died in April 1813, months before the campaign's full consequences played out across Europe.