Issued to mark the April 2005 marriage of Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, a union delayed one day when the original April 8th ceremony was rescheduled to allow Charles to attend Pope John Paul II's funeral in Rome. Cook Islands has long operated as a prolific producer of commemorative coinage for the collector market, with pieces like this circulating almost exclusively in that channel rather than through any genuine domestic commerce.
Issued to mark the April 2005 marriage of Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, a union delayed one day when the original April 8th ceremony was rescheduled to allow Charles to attend Pope John Paul II's funeral in Rome. Cook Islands has long operated as a prolific producer of commemorative coinage for the collector market, with pieces like this circulating almost exclusively in that channel rather than through any genuine domestic commerce.