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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Navajo Native Silver Art
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, depicting a right-facing effigy of the Queen wearing a tiara and pearl earrings, rendered in high relief by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and COOK ISLANDS along the right rim. The date 2011 appears in the lower field, with the engraver's initials IRB visible below the portrait truncation. The mirrored proof field provides a sharp contrast to the finely detailed effigy. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since 1972, leveraging a currency arrangement with New Zealand that allows the territory to produce legal tender coins largely for the collector market. By 2011, the program had expanded aggressively into ethnographic and indigenous art themes sourced well outside the Pacific — the Navajo Nation, a sovereign entity in the American Southwest, had no formal role in authorizing or sanctioning this issue.
That disconnect is worth noting for provenance-conscious collectors.