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20 Dollars - Charles III Alice in Wonderland
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 93.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II and COOK ISLANDS arcs along the lower periphery, while FAIRY TALES appears in the left and upper-right fields flanking the effigy. The denomination 20 DOLLARS is inscribed to the left of the portrait. The antiqued field surrounding the bust is populated with a frieze of silhouetted fairy-tale characters and scenes in low relief encircling the entire design, including a fairy in flight above the effigy, a fantasy castle at the base, and numerous storybook creatures around the border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver under licensing arrangements for decades, and the Alice in Wonderland intellectual property — now long in the public domain following the expiration of Lewis Carroll's copyright — has been a recurring subject for novelty bullion programs targeting the collector market rather than circulation. This piece belongs firmly to that category. The 93.3g weight places it in the three-troy-ounce range, a format common to modern proof issues designed to accommodate intricate surface work at the expense of stackability.