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10 Dollars - Charles III Shiori Fujisaki
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Full-color depiction of Shiori Fujisaki, the iconic protagonist of Konami's Tokimeki Memorial video game series, portrayed as an anime-style bust wearing a blue sailor school uniform with a yellow bow. The character features long flowing pink-red hair, a yellow hairband, and large expressive red eyes. The legend 'TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL 30th Anniversary' arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by decorative cherry blossom motifs, with '.9999' inscribed in the upper field and '©KONAMI' to the right. The denomination '$10' appears at the base, framed by decorative border elements. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative gold under its own authority since the 1970s, functioning as a sovereign mint program largely aimed at the collector market rather than domestic circulation. The Shiori Fujisaki issue belongs to a wave of Japanese pop-culture themed bullion struck for the Asian collector market — a niche that expanded sharply after 2015 as demand for licensed character coinage outpaced traditional numismatic subjects.
The 1.24 g weight places this squarely in the fractional quarter-gram gold category, a format that gained traction specifically because it lowers the entry price for gold ownership while retaining legal-tender status under Cook Islands law.