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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Silver Burst
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 93.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The Queen's bust is depicted with finely detailed hair and pearl drop earring visible in the field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim, COOK ISLANDS along the upper right, and the denomination 20 DOLLARS curves along the lower rim. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust on a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands has operated as a prolific licensing jurisdiction for third-party bullion and commemorative programs since the 1970s, and this issue falls squarely within that commercial framework — the $20 face value bearing no relationship to the coin's actual silver content or market price, a legal fiction that grants it status as official currency while functioning entirely as a collector product.