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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Pine, Plum and Cranes
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a vibrant full-color reproduction of the classical Chinese painting 'Pine, Plum and Cranes' by Qing dynasty master Shen Quan, depicted on a vertically oriented rectangular panel set within the coin's face. The composition shows two red-crowned cranes among pine branches, flowering plum blossoms, and rocky landscape elements rendered on a golden ochre background. Flanking the color panel, the surrounding silver field is engraved with architectural motifs evoking traditional Chinese palace architecture, accented by rectangular crystal-set bezels arranged in vertical rows. The artist's name SHEN QUAN is inscribed vertically along the left field, the date 2017 appears at lower left, and the legend MASTERPIECES OF ART arcs vertically along the right field. |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since 1972, despite having no independent central bank — monetary policy remains New Zealand's domain, and these coins are legal tender in name only. The "Pine, Plum and Cranes" piece belongs to a wave of high-relief, large-format silver issues Cook Islands licensed through foreign minting programs in the 2010s, most produced by the Mayer Mint in Germany or B.H. Mayer subsidiaries.
KM#2637 is a collector-market instrument, not a circulation coin. It never touched Cook Islands soil.