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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II John F. Kennedy
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, positioned in the upper central field above a detailed high-relief depiction of the North Portico facade of the White House, Washington D.C. Chevron-style geometric design elements flank the portrait in the upper field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left border, COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 20 23 flanking the portrait at upper centre. The inscription THE WHITE HOUSE / WASHINGTON appears below the architectural rendering, and the denomination 10 DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse description | Fully colored high-relief scene depicting President John F. Kennedy standing centrally in a navy blue suit, accompanied by his wife Jacqueline Kennedy in a white dress to his left, and their two children — John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy — standing in the foreground. The family is posed before an arched doorway framed by lush green ivy-covered walls and topiary shrubs, rendered in vivid polychrome enamel color. The engraver's monogram MS within a laurel-wreathed cartouche appears in the lower left field. Below the scene, in the exergue, the legend JOHN F. KENNEDY is inscribed on a raised banner, with the dates 1917–1963 on a secondary scroll beneath. |
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Cook Islands has operated as a prolific commemorative issuer since the 1970s, with its licensing arrangements allowing foreign mints — primarily the Pobjoy Mint and later B.H. Mayer's — to produce collector pieces under Cook Islands authority for international sale. The coins have no meaningful circulation history on the islands themselves.
Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963 triggered one of the fastest coinage responses in U.S. history: Congress authorized the Kennedy half dollar within weeks, and it reached circulation by spring 1964.