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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Osamu Tezuka

Issuer Cook Islands
Year 2016
Type Non-circulating coin
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Edge Reeded
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Mintage 2016 - Proof - 5,000
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Osamu Tezuka, who died in 1989, is the subject of a modest but genuine collector crossover — numismatists rarely drive demand for these pieces, manga and anime enthusiasts do. Cook Islands has issued hundreds of licensed pop-culture silver rounds under its authority, and this sits squarely in that category: legal tender in name, bullion collectible in practice. The 1989 Tezuka estate actively licenses his image and characters globally, which is the mechanism that makes issues like this possible decades after his death.

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