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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Poor Poet
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara and drop earring, after the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The bust is draped and rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and COOK ISLANDS along the right rim, with the denomination 20 DOLLARS inscribed at the base of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 2009 - Proof - 1,839 |
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The "Poor Poet" design derives from Carl Spitzweg's 1839 oil painting of the same name, depicting a garret-dwelling writer huddled under an umbrella in bed — one of the most recognizable images of Biedermeier-era Germany. Cook Islands issued a run of high-relief art reproductions in silver during this period, licensing well-known paintings onto large-format collector pieces aimed squarely at the European novelty market. Spitzweg's original hangs in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.