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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Town Musicians of Bremen
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in high relief after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left field, '25 DOLLARS' along the upper field, and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the right field. The date '2011' is inscribed in the lower exergue. The portrait is set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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The Town Musicians of Bremen never actually reach Bremen in the Brothers Grimm tale — the four animals stop at a robbers' cottage in the forest and simply stay there. The story was first published in 1819 in the second volume of Kinder- und Hausmärchen, drawing on an oral tradition the Grimms had been collecting since at least 1806.
Cook Islands became a reliable vehicle for high-relief five-ounce collector pieces in the early 2010s, issuing dozens of literary and cultural themes under licensing arrangements with European distributors, principally in Germany and Poland.