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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II Deutschland
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The circular legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and COOK ISLANDS 2015 to the upper right, with HALF DOLLAR inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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This piece belongs to a long-running Cook Islands commemorative program that has issued low-denomination silver-alloy coins under New Zealand's currency umbrella — a legal arrangement that allows the Cook Islands government to produce coins with face value while bearing no obligation to maintain them as circulating tender. The .333 fineness places it firmly in the novelty bullion category rather than any serious monetary issue.
The "Deutschland" designation points to a collector market targeting German buyers specifically — a common commercial segmentation in the Cook Islands commemorative trade of the 2010s.