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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Victor of Kunštát and Poděbrady
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Facing portrait of Viktorin of Kunštát and Poděbrady, a bearded medieval Bohemian nobleman wearing a characteristic draped hat, rendered in bold sculptural relief filling the central and lower field. The subject's weathered facial features and full beard are depicted with fine detail in the manner of a historical commemorative portrait. The legend VIKTORIN Z KUNŠTÁTU A PODĚBRAD arcs along the left and lower rim in large Gothic-style lettering. Along the upper right rim, the birth year inscription +1427 appears, followed by a decorative dot separator continuing the partial legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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George of Poděbrady, king of Bohemia from 1458 to 1471, remains one of the more unusual figures in medieval European politics — a Hussite elected to a throne surrounded by Catholic powers, eventually excommunicated by Pope Paul II in 1466 and facing a crusade called against him by his own subjects with papal backing. He died in office in 1471, undeposed, which was no small achievement under those circumstances.
Niue's bullion and collector gold program has used Bohemian and Central European medieval rulers as a recurring series theme. The KM# 204 assignment places this squarely within a documented multi-issue run from that mint program.