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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Olympic National Park
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Thickness | 0.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | Third-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with curled hair, pearl drop earring, and pearl necklace visible, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 1996 positioned in the lower exergual area. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Mintage | 1996 - Proof |
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Part of a sprawling Cook Islands series issued through the 1990s that tied the island's nominal sovereignty to international collector markets, this piece was struck under license arrangements that had little to do with Cook Islands itself. The Olympic National Park series was produced primarily for the American collector market, capitalizing on the U.S. National Parks as subject matter while using a Pacific territory's issuing authority to sidestep U.S. mint regulations on private gold coinage.
The 1.24 g format corresponds to 1/25 troy ounce — a denomination tier popularized in the late 1980s to offer low entry-point gold at a premium-heavy price-to-metal ratio.