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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Red and White Plum Blossoms in the Courtyard
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as executed by engraver Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear beneath the truncation of the neck. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left field, 'COOK ISLANDS' descends along the right field, '20 DOLLARS' curves along the upper rim, and the date '2019' appears at the base, all rendered in raised relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative gold under its own authority since the 1970s, a arrangement that allows foreign mints to produce collector pieces bearing the Cook Islands imprimatur while the islands themselves operate on the New Zealand dollar. This piece is part of that long-running program — the issuing authority is nominal, the numismatic market the actual destination.
The red and white plum blossom series draws on Chinese cultural symbolism tied to the Lunar New Year gift-giving market, which by the late 2010s had become the dominant commercial driver behind small-format fractional gold issues of this type.