25 Cents - Elizabeth II Bacchus and Jacchus

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.