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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Galapagos
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#152 |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS RDM 1993 |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a portrait bust of Charles Darwin facing left, his signature rendered in script below the portrait, occupying the right portion of the field. To the left, a schematic map locates the Galápagos Islands at coordinates 0° latitude and 90° longitude, with the archipelago's outline depicted in relief. A Galápagos giant tortoise is shown in the lower left field. The legend PROTECT OUR WORLD arcs across the upper field, GALAPAGOS and the coordinates appear at centre, and the denomination 20 DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Part of a sprawling Cook Islands conservation series issued through the early 1990s, these coins were produced under license arrangements that made Cook Islands one of the most prolific issuers of commemorative silver in the Pacific — despite having virtually no domestic coin market to speak of. The Galápagos issue specifically coincided with heightened international pressure on Ecuador over illegal fishing within the archipelago's protected waters.