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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II 100th Anniversary of Graf Zeppelin
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right occupies the upper portion of the field, with the legend 'ELIZABETH II' to the left, '20 DOLLARS' above, and 'COOK ISLANDS' to the right, arranged in a circular arc. The date '2017' appears below the portrait in the field. Dominating the lower and central field is a highly detailed, three-dimensional depiction of the Graf Zeppelin airship (registration D-LZ127) in flight, rendered with selective color highlighting on its hull. In the lower foreground, a finely engraved Arctic landscape is depicted, featuring a polar bear resting among ice floes and snow-capped mountains in the background. A small inset rectangular panel, suggestive of a postage stamp vignette, appears in the upper right quadrant of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100TH ANNIVERSARY 1838 - 1917 GRAF FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN |
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The Graf Zeppelin's 1929 world circumnavigation — completed in just 21 days, 5 hours, and 31 minutes aboard LZ 127 — remains one of the most publicized aviation feats of the interwar period. Hugo Eckener, who commanded the flight, was briefly more famous than Charles Lindbergh in several European countries. The centenary being marked here refers to the first flight of LZ 127 in September 1928, not the airship's construction date.
Cook Islands has issued extensively in the collector bullion space since the 2000s, and this 85-gram format is characteristic of their shaped or ultra-high-relief commemorative program rather than anything intended for circulation.