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| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | NEVER STOP DREAMING 2023 FLY HIGH |
| Edge | Reeded |
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| Additional information |
Cook Islands has operated as a prolific licensing hub for novelty bullion since the 1970s, issuing coins under royal warrant that circulate nowhere and are designed entirely for the collector market. This piece is one of hundreds produced annually under that arrangement, with the New Zealand government handling Cook Islands' foreign affairs but exercising no editorial control over what gets minted in its name.
Charles III's accession in September 2022 triggered an immediate wave of commemorative issues from these dependent and associated territories, most contracted through private minting houses in Europe rather than any Pacific facility.