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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Girl with a Pearl Earring
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2897 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the bust. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left arc of the coin, with COOK ISLANDS along the right arc. The date 2020 appears in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Girl with a Pearl Earring" — Vermeer's oil-on-canvas from around 1665 — has no confirmed subject. The identity of the sitter has never been established, and the painting itself went unattributed for centuries before serious scholarship connected it to Vermeer in the late 19th century. Cook Islands has built a notable bullion and collector series around Old Masters, leveraging its mint licensing agreements to issue gold fractionals tied to works held in European collections — this piece corresponding to the Mauritshuis in The Hague.