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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Wheel of Life
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | WHEEL OF LIFE 20 19 SAMSARA |
| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Wheel of Life" belongs to a genre of large-format silver issues that Cook Islands has produced in partnership with European minting houses — primarily the Polish Mint and B.H. Mayer — since the mid-2000s. Cook Islands holds no sovereign minting facility of its own; its commemorative program is entirely contracted output, with the island's monetary agreement with New Zealand providing the legal framework for currency issuance while the coins themselves are designed and struck thousands of miles away.
KM#2748 is part of a collector-focused thematic series rather than any circulating or emergency monetary program. Mintages on these contracted issues are typically capped by the producing house, not mandated by any Cook Islands treasury decision.