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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Zhong Kui
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and a pearl earring. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and COOK ISLANDS along the right rim, with the denomination 20 DOLLARS at the top of the field and the date 2019 at the bottom. The engraver's initials IRB appear in small relief below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 20 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS IRB 2019 |
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Zhong Kui is a figure from Tang dynasty folklore, canonized as a vanquisher of demons and ghosts, whose iconography has been a fixture of Chinese New Year and door-god traditions for over a millennium. Cook Islands has issued Chinese mythology-themed bullion and collector pieces extensively, largely targeting the East Asian collector market through distribution arrangements that have little connection to the islands themselves.
The 3 troy ounce silver weight places this squarely in the high-relief collector coin category produced by the BH Mayer or similar European contract mints on behalf of Pacific island issuing authorities.