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25 Dollars - Charles III Machu Picchu
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2025 DT · COOK ISLANDS · |
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| Mintage | 2025 - Proof - 555 |
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Cook Islands has long served as an issuing authority for third-party bullion and commemorative programs with no direct connection to the subject matter — Machu Picchu is a Peruvian archaeological site, and Peru has its own mint. The arrangement is straightforwardly commercial: Cook Islands licensing provides a legal tender face value and royal portrait for coins designed, marketed, and distributed entirely outside the Pacific.
At 155.5 g, this is a five-troy-ounce piece — a format that became increasingly common in the premium bullion market after 2010 as mints competed on size and relief depth rather than numismatic scarcity.