200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Pope Francis 80th Birthday

Pope Francis turned 80 on December 17, 2016 — an age neither of his two immediate predecessors reached while reigning. The Cook Islands has issued papal commemoratives with some regularity, but this piece falls into a crowded field of gold issues from Pacific island jurisdictions whose connection to the subject is purely licensing.

At 15.55 g of .9999 gold, this is a half-troy-ounce piece — a common bullion weight dressed in commemorative clothing.