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!
1/4 Dollar - Elizabeth II The Starry Night
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
|---|---|
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Within a raised circular border set against the rectangular field, the right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear beneath the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left, COOK ISLANDS along the upper periphery, and 1/4 DOLLAR along the right, all in Latin capitals. The date 2016 is inscribed in the lower field below the portrait. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| 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 | 2016 - Proof - 15,000 |
| Additional information |
The "Starry Night" quarter dollar is part of Cook Islands' long-running licensed fine art coin program, which has produced dozens of issues reproducing paintings under agreements with major museums. This particular piece reproduces Van Gogh's 1889 work, painted during his voluntary confinement at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The original hangs at MoMA in New York, acquired in 1941 as a bequest from Lillie P. Bliss.
The copper core with .999 silver plating keeps production costs viable for a souvenir-grade issue of this size and weight. Cook Islands' nominal face value gives it legal tender status, though the denomination bears no relationship to intrinsic or collector value.