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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Silver Star
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupies the central field. The portrait is rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and drapery. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right rim. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. The denomination 100 DOLLARS is inscribed in bold lettering along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 100 DOLLARS |
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Cook Islands has served as a prolific vehicle for novelty bullion issues since the 1990s, with its monetary authority licensing designs to a rotating cast of European minting houses — primarily the Austrian Mint and various Polish and German private mints. The "Silver Star" series falls squarely in this category: a collector-market product issued under Cook Islands authority but with no meaningful circulation function or domestic monetary history.
At a kilogram of .999 silver, the technical execution is the story here. The 100mm diameter places it in a crowded field of kilo rounds produced throughout the 2010s as silver spot prices made large-format bullion commercially viable for the collector market.