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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Imperial Palace East Garden
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The Queen is depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the bust. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left rim and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the right rim, with the denomination '20 DOLLARS' inscribed across the upper field. The date '2023' is positioned in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The East Garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo — known as Higashi-Gyoen — occupies land that was once the innermost enclosure of Edo Castle, the shogunal seat of the Tokugawa dynasty for over 250 years before the Meiji Restoration transferred imperial authority to Tokyo in 1869. Cook Islands has aggressively pursued the commemorative bullion market since the 1990s, issuing gold fractionals tied to landmarks, wildlife, and cultural monuments across the Pacific and beyond. At 3.11 g of .9999 gold, this sits at exactly one-tenth troy ounce — a format calibrated for collectors rather than any functional monetary purpose.