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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Javelin
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raphael David Maklouf |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the third portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, depicted wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace with drop earring. The hair is rendered in fine wavy relief with characteristic curls at the nape. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 1995 positioned in the lower field. The engraver's initials RDM appear incuse on the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS RDM 1995 |
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Cook Islands issued a series of platinum Olympic sports coins in the lead-up to the 1996 Atlanta Games, of which this javelin piece is one. The series exploited a well-established arrangement: Cook Islands, a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand, has no practical domestic coin circulation, making its numismatic program essentially a licensing operation run through foreign distributors since the 1970s.
At 7.78 g of .999 platinum, the coin tracks closely to a quarter-ounce bullion weight — a deliberate choice that made pricing against spot straightforward for the investor market these were explicitly aimed at.