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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II 15th Century

Issuer Cook Islands
Year 1997
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Currency Dollar (1972-date)
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Obverse script Latin
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Edge Reeded
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This piece belongs to Cook Islands' extensive commemorative program of the 1990s, during which the island administration issued hundreds of themed silver crowns largely aimed at the collector market rather than circulation. The "15th Century" designation places it within a broader historical series, though Cook Islands had no political or geographic connection to the events commemorated — the issuing authority was effectively licensing its sovereignty for foreign-market coin production, a practice that generated substantial revenue for the territory throughout that decade.

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