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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Trade Makes the World Grow
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | At the center of the obverse, within a raised circular cartouche, appears the diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as rendered by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the legend ELIZABETH II arching above and COOK ISLANDS below along the cartouche rim. The denomination 10 DOLLARS appears above the portrait and the date 2022 below. Surrounding the central cartouche, the broader field features an elaborate high-relief composition evoking global commerce: stacked gold coins and bullion bars are depicted to the left, a large container ship with cranes to the right, and a detailed rendering of the facade of the New York Stock Exchange at the lower center, inscribed NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Currency symbols and financial chart motifs are engraved across the background field, evoking modern international trade and markets. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 10 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS IRB 2022 |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver rounds under its own authority since the 1970s, a consequence of its free association status with New Zealand, which grants it full monetary sovereignty — though in practice no circulating coinage of this type has ever been spent anywhere. The "Trade Makes the World Grow" branding appears across a series of bullion-adjacent issues aimed squarely at the collector and stacker market, where Cook Islands licensing has become something of a convenience flag for private mint programs with no meaningful connection to the islands themselves.