5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Zutphen

Zutphen is a medieval Hanseatic city in Gelderland whose 1572 siege by Spanish forces under Fadrique de Toledo — son of the Duke of Alba — ended in a massacre that became one of the more widely reported atrocities of the Dutch Revolt. Cook Islands issued this piece as part of a broader series commemorating historic European cities, a program that ran to dozens of subjects with negligible connection to the Pacific issuer beyond the licensing arrangement with a European coin marketing firm.