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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Baekdusan
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley after his fourth definitive portrait, occupying the central field. The Queen is depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with curled hair and a pearl earring visible. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear beneath the truncation of the bust. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the upper left rim and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the upper right rim, with the denomination '25 DOLLARS' inscribed along the lower rim and the fineness '.999' incused at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 25 DOLLARS .999 |
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Baekdu Mountain — known in Chinese as Changbai — sits on the border between North Korea and China and carries enormous political weight in both countries. North Korea claims it as the birthplace of Kim Jong-il, a fiction propped up by the state for decades; South Korea enshrined it in the national anthem. The Cook Islands has no geographic or historical connection to the mountain whatsoever, making this a pure bullion-adjacent collector piece issued under the country's long-running licensing arrangements with foreign minting interests.