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100 Dollars - Charles III Cook Islands
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 1000 g |
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| Obverse description | A detailed cartographic representation of the Cook Islands archipelago fills the field, with each island identified by its engraved place name distributed across the polished surface, divided into labelled zones for NORTHERN COOK ISLANDS and SOUTHERN COOK ISLANDS. An inset circular medallion in high relief to the right depicts the right-facing effigy of King Charles III, uncrowned and in civilian dress, with the engraver's initials DT in the field below the portrait. The surrounding legend of the medallion reads 100 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2025 · COOK ISLANDS. The outer border carries the arched inscriptions 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF at top and SELF-GOVERNMENT at bottom, commemorating the 60th anniversary of Cook Islands self-governance. |
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| Reverse description | A vivid coloured aerial-perspective depiction of Rarotonga, the national capital island of the Cook Islands, rendered in high relief and colour. The volcanic island is shown in rich greens and blacks, representing its densely forested mountainous interior, surrounded by a pale reef fringe and brilliant blue coloured ocean waters that extend across the field. Dotted cartographic grid lines are engraved into the silver field surrounding the island. The legend RAROTONGA arcs along the upper border and NATIONAL CAPITAL arcs along the lower border, both incuse in the polished field. |
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Cook Islands has functioned as a prolific vehicle for the international bullion and commemorative coin trade since the 1970s, issuing denominations that bear no relationship to any domestic monetary reality — the islands' actual currency is the New Zealand dollar. A one-kilogram .9999 fine silver piece denominated at 100 Cook Islands dollars is, in practice, a bullion product engineered for the collector market, with the sovereign issuing authority existing largely as a licensing arrangement.
Charles III's accession in September 2022 triggered a global reissue cycle across all Commonwealth and associated territories, generating new obverse dies for dozens of minting programs simultaneously.