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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Neptune
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Technique | Colored, Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | NEPTUNE 2014 IT TAKES ALMOST 165 EARTH YEARS FOR NEPTUNE TO ORBIT THE SUN ONCE |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative coinage under New Zealand's currency arrangements since 1972, with the program expanding aggressively in the 2000s through partnerships with the New Market Mint and later the Coin Invest Trust, producing dozens of themed collector pieces annually for the international market. These issues have no domestic circulation — they are sold directly to collectors abroad, with Cook Islands lending its issuing authority in exchange for a licensing arrangement.
The silver-plated copper-nickel composition places this squarely in the lower tier of that output: the appearance of a silver coin at a fraction of the production cost.