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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Rooster
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed engraving of a proud rooster depicted in full profile stance at centre, set against a pink mother-of-pearl inlay background that evokes traditional East Asian artistic imagery, with a pagoda-style structure faintly visible in the lower left field. The central design is framed by a decorative geometric inner border of diamond and dot motifs. The curved legend 'YEAR OF THE ROOSTER' arcs across the upper rim, while the denomination '25 DOLLARS' is inscribed in the lower field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued lunar-themed commemoratives under New Zealand's authority for decades, contracting primarily through the New Zealand Mint in Auckland, which produces the bulk of these large-format silver issues for the collector market. This particular 155.52g specification — exactly five troy ounces — is a deliberate commercial weight point targeting bullion-adjacent buyers rather than pure numismatic collectors.
The Rooster year ran from January 28, 2017 to February 15, 2018 in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 10th of the 12-year zodiac cycle.