The obverse of the coin depicts the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait", by Ian Rank-Broadley). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits. The designer's initials are not shown.
Below the neck truncation and over the BE of ELIZABETH, the small MW mint mark of the Mint of Poland (m over W), for Mennica Warszawska (Mint of Warsaw).
The effigy is small and is in the left part of the design. Horizontally above, NIUE ISLAND. Below left, the rest of the legend: ELIZABETH II, below which the face value 5 DOLLARS.
The date of issue 2013 is above right. Below it, the hallmark Au 999.9 (99.99% gold; "Au" is abbreviated from Aurum, the Latin word for gold, and is internationally used to mark gold coins and jewellery).
The rest of the obverse is decorated with a floral motif. |
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