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10 Dollars - Charles III The Cliff
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of King Charles III, rendered in fine relief against a geometric field decorated with an interlocking cubic lattice pattern. The portrait, designed by Dominique Thiébaut and bearing the engraver's initials DT below the truncation, depicts the King in civilian dress. A circular legend surrounds the design, reading 10 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2025 DT · COOK ISLANDS ·, with the denomination and issuer name inscribed in bold Latin lettering integrated into the geometric border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2025 DT · COOK ISLANDS · |
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Part of a broader Cook Islands topographic series, this issue belongs to a category of sovereign-struck bullion where the nominal face value bears no relationship to intrinsic worth — the $10 denomination on a two-troy-ounce silver piece is a legal fiction maintained purely to satisfy the requirements of official coinage status.
Cook Islands has operated as one of the most prolific novelty mint vehicles since the 1980s, issuing coins on behalf of foreign commercial minters under a licensing arrangement with the New Zealand-associated government in Rarotonga.