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5 Dollars - Charles III Wild West
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The right-facing effigy of His Majesty King Charles III is set within a circular cartouche mounted at the centre of an ornate five-pointed sheriff's star badge rendered in high relief, its points tipped with spherical finials. The surrounding field depicts a dramatic Wild West stagecoach scene in fine sculptural relief: a four-horse team gallops at full stride across a rocky desert landscape, with saguaro cacti to the left, a soaring eagle to the upper right, and two figures atop the coach — one cracking a whip, the other firing a rifle — against a backdrop of canyon bluffs and a rising sun. The circular legend around the effigy reads '5 DOLLARS · CHARLES III · 2024 · COOK ISLANDS ·', with the engraver's initials 'DT' also present. |
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| Reverse lettering | NO 10 SALOON WILD WEST 45 CAL. DEAD MAN'S HAND |
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Cook Islands has operated as one of the most prolific licensing mints in the modern commemorative market, contracting designs to private minting houses — in this case almost certainly the Scottsdale Mint or a comparable facility — with the island nation's legal tender status providing the nominal issuing authority. The arrangement is entirely financial; Cook Islands holds no historical or cultural connection to the American frontier.
The .9999 fineness is atypical for bullion-weight silver rounds of this type, which more commonly use .999.