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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Abraham Lincoln
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | A highly detailed, deeply struck rendering of the Lincoln Memorial facade occupies the upper field, depicted in three-quarter perspective with its iconic Doric colonnade and flanking landscape elements rendered in high relief with selective ruthenium blackening. The dedicatory inscription from the memorial's interior frieze appears in incuse lettering above the building. The legend LINCOLN MEMORIAL arcs along the upper border. In the lower field, a raised circular inset bears the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, with the legends ELIZABETH II and COOK ISLANDS flanking the portrait, and the denomination 25 DOLLARS and engraver's initials IRB below. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This issue belongs to Cook Islands' long-running practice of licensing its monetary authority to private minting operations — primarily the New Zealand-based Mints and European distributors who produce large-format commemorative silver for the collector market rather than circulation. Cook Islands has no meaningful domestic coin economy; its currency relationship with New Zealand means these pieces are legal tender in name only.
Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865 came just five days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox — a timing that shaped how Reconstruction was handled in ways that arguably defined the next century of American racial politics.