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25 Cents - Elizabeth II The Shield
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, centered in the field of this heptagonal flan. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left edge, COOK ISLANDS along the right edge, and the date 2021 appears at the top. The denomination 25 CENTS is inscribed along the lower edge, with the engraver's initials IRB visible below the Queen's truncation. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands issues currency under its own name despite being in free association with New Zealand, a constitutional arrangement that gives the territory full self-governance while leaving defense and foreign affairs to Wellington. That status makes Cook Islands coinage legally valid but practically collectable — almost none of it circulates domestically, and the islands have used the New Zealand dollar as their actual transactional currency for decades. The numismatic program exists largely as a revenue stream.
KM#2956 has not been the subject of significant specialist literature, and the silver-plated copper composition places it firmly in the modern souvenir-grade category rather than the bullion or collector proof tier.