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25 Cents - Elizabeth II Bacchus and Jacchus
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Shape | Heptagonal (7-sided) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 2020 at the top and the denomination 25 CENTS at the base of the heptagonal field. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Bacchus and Jacchus are not interchangeable names — Jacchus was a distinct deity associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries, later conflated with Dionysus and then Bacchus as Roman-era syncretism collapsed several cults into one. Cook Islands has issued numismatic pieces under its 25-cent denomination for decades as a revenue mechanism entirely separate from domestic circulation, with production contracted to foreign private mints targeting the collector market.