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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Helios
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara and a pearl earring, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and 20 DOLLARS along the upper rim, with COOK ISLANDS descending along the right rim. The date 2022 is inscribed at the base of the field in the antiqued matte finish. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 20 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS IRB 2022 |
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The Helios series is part of Cook Islands' long-running collaboration with the Czech Mint, which has produced some of the more technically ambitious shaped and antiqued issues of the past decade. Cook Islands has functioned as a convenient issuing authority for European-minted collector pieces since the 1990s, its legal tender framework lending nominal face values to coins that will never see the South Pacific.
Elizabeth II's portrait was removed from all Commonwealth coinage following her death in September 2022, making issues struck in her final regnal year the last of a 70-year run.