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| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ONLY THE BRAVE ARE FREE 20 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2024 DT · COOK ISLANDS · |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver under licensing arrangements for decades, with the actual striking typically contracted to European mints — most often B.H. Mayer's Mint in Germany or the Mint of Poland — rather than any facility on the islands themselves. This piece is part of a broad modern bullion-adjacent collector series rather than anything tied to Cook Islands monetary history.
The astronaut theme places it within a crowded field of space-motif issues that proliferated sharply after the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing in 2019.