Catalog
25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#18 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central device features the royal cypher E II R in large raised letters, surmounted by a detailed St. Edward's Crown. To the left of the cypher is a hibiscus flower and to the right a frangipani blossom, both rendered in fine relief as floral emblems of the Cook Islands. The word JUBILEE appears below the cypher, with three stylised wave lines beneath it symbolising the Pacific Ocean, and the denomination TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS arcs along the lower left border. The commemorative legend 1952-1977 25 YEARS is inscribed in the upper field flanking the crown, with the engraver's initials JB appearing below the wave device. |
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Cook Islands gained self-governing status in 1965 under free association with New Zealand, and the 1977 Silver Jubilee issue was one of the early demonstrations of that political arrangement in numismatic form — the islands could produce commemorative coinage under their own authority while Elizabeth II remained head of state. The $25 denomination placed this firmly in the collector market rather than circulation, part of a broader Commonwealth wave of Jubilee issues that year from dozens of territories simultaneously.
KM#18 is among the heavier Commonwealth Jubilee pieces struck that year, with several Cook Islands issues from this period produced by the Franklin Mint under contract.