Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Saint George
| Issuer | Niue |
|---|---|
| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled, Colored |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and wearing pearl earring, after the fourth definitive portrait modeled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left periphery, with NIUE at the top and 5 DOLLARS along the upper right. The date 2015 appears in the lower field flanked by two raised dots, and the engraver's initials IRB are incused beneath the truncation of the bust. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · NIUE · 5 DOLLARS · 2015 · IRB |
| Reverse description | Colorful polychrome enamel depiction of Saint George shown as a youthful warrior saint in frontal bust, rendered in Byzantine medallion style. The figure is clad in elaborate gilded armour and holds a sword upright before him, with a golden nimbus surrounding his head. Flanking the central effigy, abbreviated Greek inscriptions identify the saint as O ΓΕΩΡ[ΓΙΟΣ] to the left and ΓΝΟΣ to the right. A broad blue enamel border encircles the composition, bearing a continuous Greek-script devotional inscription in golden lettering referencing the intercession of Saint George. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |