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25 Cents - Elizabeth II Santa
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 25 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. 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 below. The engraver's initials IRB appear beneath the portrait truncation. The heptagonal flan features a broad bevelled rim framing the polished field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative small-denomination pieces for the collector market in considerable volume since the 1970s, with licensing agreements allowing third-party designers and distributors — primarily European — to attach the Cook Islands name to novelty issues with minimal local connection. This Santa-themed 25-cent piece falls squarely in that category: a privately marketed holiday collectible using Cook Islands' issuing authority as a vehicle, distributed almost entirely outside the Pacific.
Silver-plated iron rather than silver proper keeps production costs low enough to retail at novelty price points.