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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Frigg
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and COOK ISLANDS 2015 along the right rim. The denomination 10 DOLLARS appears in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in high relief with an antiqued finish, set against a matte field. |
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| Reverse lettering | NORSE GODS ᚠᚱᛁᚷᚷ FRIGG |
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Frigg, the Norse goddess associated with foresight and marriage, appears in this Cook Islands "Gods of the World" bullion-adjacent series — one of dozens of themed collector issues the territory has licensed to European minting houses, primarily the Austrian Münze Österreich and its partners, over the past two decades. Cook Islands has become one of the most prolific issuing authorities in the modern collector coin market precisely because it imposes few constraints on private mint operators, making it a favored legal domicile for high-concept silver rounds dressed as sovereign coinage.
The two-troy-ounce format places this squarely in the middle tier of the series' production range.