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10 Dollars - Charles III Mike Tyson
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | At centre upper field, a circular inset bears the right-facing effigy of King Charles III, rendered in high relief against a polished background, surrounded by the circular legend '10 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2023 · COOK ISLANDS ·'. The inset is framed by a stylised championship boxing belt rendered in selectively coloured black enamel, flanked by two five-pointed stars in the field. Below the belt, a large sculpted figure of Mike Tyson is shown in a triumphant celebratory pose with both arms raised, wearing coloured red boxing gloves, a championship belt at his waist, and surrounded by a crowd of silhouetted spectators in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2023 DT · COOK ISLANDS · |
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Cook Islands has operated as a prolific licensing mint for novelty bullion issues since the 1990s, its constitutional relationship with New Zealand providing a legitimate sovereign framework for face-value denominations that bear no functional relationship to any circulating currency. The Tyson piece belongs to a category of issues where the "coin" is effectively a silver round with legal-tender dressing — the $10 face value on a 2 oz fine silver piece is purely nominal.
Tyson's likeness has appeared on a notable number of Pacific island bullion issues in the 2020s, a reflection of his continued commercial marketability decades after his professional peak.