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25 Dollars - Charles III U.S. Buffalo gold
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 25 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing profile bust of a Native American man with braided hair adorned with feathers, rendered in high relief after James Earle Fraser's classic design. The Cook Islands coat of arms appears in a circular medallion at the lower left of the field. The legend COOK ISLANDS curves along the right rim, with the date 2024 inscribed vertically below along the right side. |
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| Obverse lettering | COOK ISLANDS 2024 COPY |
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Cook Islands has issued legal tender gold under licensing arrangements for decades, with the face value bearing essentially no relationship to bullion content — this $25 denomination contains roughly $70 worth of gold at spot. The format here mimics the American Buffalo series, itself introduced in 2006 as the U.S. Mint's first .9999 fine gold coin, a response to Canadian and Australian competition for the pure-gold bullion market.
At 1.2 grams spread across 58 millimeters, the metal layer is extraordinarily thin — this is a collector novelty, not a bullion vehicle.