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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Miss Liberty
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 10 DOLLARS |
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The Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since 1972, despite having no independent currency in daily use — the New Zealand dollar circulates there, and Cook Islands coins are legal tender only on paper. This piece belongs to a long-running collector program that has made the territory one of the most prolific small-issuer mints in the world, with output bearing no relation to the island's population of roughly 17,000.
The Miss Liberty theme draws on a design tradition stretching back to the 1792 Mint Act, though here it functions purely as a collector motif rather than any statement of national iconography.