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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Galileo Galilei
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 62.2 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 10 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS IRB 2 oz Ag 999/1.000 2014 |
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Cook Islands has been a prolific issuer of commemorative silver since the 1970s, operating largely through the New Zealand-administered territory's legal tender framework to produce coins intended almost entirely for the collector market rather than circulation. This Galileo issue fits squarely into that commercial program.
Galileo was condemned by the Inquisition in 1633 and forced to abjure his heliocentric position — yet continued his work under house arrest at Arcetri until his death in 1642. His manuscript on the mechanics of motion was smuggled out of Italy and published in Leiden that same year.