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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Olympic Games 2004
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a necklace, with finely detailed hair. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 2001 inscribed at the base of the field. The portrait is rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley style, with the designer's initials IRB visible on the truncation. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands issued a wave of commemorative silver dollars in the early 2000s tied to the Athens 2004 Games, capitalizing on the IOC's licensing program that allowed smaller sovereign territories to mint Olympic-themed coinage years ahead of the event. The three-year lead time before the actual Games was deliberate — it maximized retail sales windows through numismatic distributors rather than through any domestic circulation channel.
Cook Islands has no mint of its own; this piece was almost certainly produced by the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey, which held long-running contracts with Pacific island territories for exactly this category of collector issue.