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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Kiss
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Reverse description | A full-color, gold-plated high-relief reproduction of Gustav Klimt's celebrated 1907–1908 painting 'The Kiss' covers the entire shaped reverse. Two embracing figures, draped in ornate robes richly decorated with rectangular geometric motifs on the male figure and circular floral patterns on the female, are depicted kneeling at the edge of a flower-strewn rocky outcrop rendered in vivid polychrome enamel. The male figure bends to kiss the cheek of the female, whose face is turned downward in serene repose, her hands gently clasping his. The sweeping gold background, with its characteristic Secessionist spiral and foliate embossed ornamentation, fills the field to the contoured edge of the shaped planchet, faithfully capturing Klimt's distinctive gilded aesthetic. |
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| Mintage | 2019 - - 499 |
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The "Kiss" coin is part of a broader wave of ultra-high-relief sculptural issues that Cook Islands licensed through the European Mint during the mid-2010s onward — a period when the islands became one of the most prolific legal-tender vehicles for novelty collector silver in the world. Cook Islands itself has no meaningful role in the design, production, or distribution of these pieces; the sovereign name is essentially leased to a third-party minting operation.
At 62.2g of .999 silver with gold plating, the piece sits in the "kilo-adjacent" novelty tier that surged after 2015 as mints competed for the gift and romance collector market. Secondary market premiums collapse quickly on these types once the initial release window closes.