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20 Dollars - Charles III Suwa no Chaya Teahouse
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Suwa no Chaya teahouse set within a landscaped garden, rendered in fine relief with a dramatic clouded sky above. To the left, a stylised phoenix rises in decorative relief, its elaborate plumage extending across the upper field. In the foreground, three large white cherry blossoms with green leaves are applied in colour, framing an oval cartouche bearing the Imperial chrysanthemum mon at lower centre. The fineness mark '.9999' appears in the lower right field. The arc legend '4TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMPEROR'S ENTHRONEMENT' runs along the upper rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMPEROR'S ENTHRONEMENT .9999 |
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Suwa no Chaya is one of four historic teahouses in the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, a site originally developed as a feudal garden for the Naito clan in the Edo period before being converted into an imperial garden in the Meiji era. The teahouses were built in 1912–1913 specifically for imperial family use.
Cook Islands has issued gold under its own authority since the 1970s, though the series it produces are manufactured almost entirely for the international collector market — no meaningful circulation occurs.