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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Rat
| Uitgever | Cook Islands |
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| Jaar | 2020 |
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| Valuta | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 5oz $25 Ag999 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | A highly detailed close-up portrait of a rat fills the central field, rendered with fine engraving highlighting the animal's fur texture, whiskers, and alert expression. The background features a pastoral countryside scene inlaid with genuine blue Mother of Pearl, lending a distinctive iridescent quality to the composition. The legend 'YEAR OF THE RAT' arcs along the upper portion of the rim, with the date '2020' positioned below, all in raised Latin lettering against the decorated field. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Year of the Rat carries particular weight in the 2020 lunar cycle — it opened the twelve-year zodiac sequence and coincided, with grim timing, with the earliest weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak first identified in Wuhan in late 2019. Cook Islands has issued lunar-themed silver kilo and half-kilo pieces through the New Zealand–administered territory's licensing arrangements for decades, with the actual striking contracted to external mints rather than any facility on the islands themselves, which have no mint infrastructure.
At 155.5 g, this sits in the five-troy-ounce category that became a collector staple in the 2010s as spot silver remained low enough to make large-format issues commercially viable.