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25 Cents - Elizabeth II Fairy Tale Moment
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 25 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 2020 positioned above the effigy and the denomination 25 CENTS inscribed along the lower edge, all within the heptagonal format. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cook Islands has operated a prolific commemorative program since the 1970s, issuing coins primarily for the collector market under licensing arrangements that have little connection to day-to-day commerce on the islands. This piece belongs to a broader fairy tale series produced for that export collector trade, struck in silver-plated iron rather than solid silver — a cost-reduction approach that became increasingly common among Pacific island issuers in the 2010s as bullion prices made small-denomination silver issues commercially unviable.
The KM#2780.1 designation suggests a sub-variant within the type, likely differentiated by finish or packaging rather than die.