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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Olympic Games Rio 2016
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A colorfully applied design dominates the reverse, featuring the five interlocking Olympic rings rendered in their traditional colors — blue, black, red, yellow, and green — with the digits 2, 0, 1, and 6 incorporated within the rings to form the year 2016. A silver relief figure of a Rio carnival samba dancer in elaborate feathered headdress and costume stands dynamically at center, overlapping the rings. Flanking the central motif are two symmetrical olive or laurel branches in relief. The legend OLYMPIC GAMES arcs along the upper periphery, and the denomination $10 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 $10 |
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Cook Islands has been one of the most prolific issuers of licensed commemorative silver since the 1990s, producing collector pieces under agreements that have little to do with domestic monetary policy and everything to do with the global bullion gift market. This Rio issue — dated 2015 despite the Games occurring in 2016 — reflects the standard practice of advancing strike dates to meet holiday retail windows, a schedule driven by distributors rather than mints.