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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Amaterasu
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 93.3 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A high-relief, intricately detailed depiction of Amaterasu, the Japanese Shinto goddess of the sun, rendered in a dramatic fantasy artistic style. The goddess is shown as a young female figure wearing an elaborate horned crown adorned with a central eye motif, holding a large sword diagonally across her body with her right hand while cradling a luminous orb in her left. She is dressed in ornate robes and beaded jewelry, with long flowing hair framing her face. In the background, radiating sun rays emanate from behind her figure, and to the left stands a traditional Japanese shrine building rendered in precise architectural detail, flanked by gnarled tree branches. The inscription 'AMATERASU' is engraved in the lower exergue area. |
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Amaterasu Ōmikami, the Shinto goddess of the sun, occupies a constitutional position in Japanese national identity that no other deity in any modern state quite matches — the Imperial House of Japan derives its claimed lineage directly from her. Cook Islands has built a substantial collector market issuing large-format silver pieces themed around non-Pacific mythologies, a licensing model that generates disproportionate revenue relative to the islands' population of roughly 17,000.