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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 20 Years of Ballerina
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 0.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 2011 positioned beneath the bust. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the neck. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands became a prolific issuer of small-denomination gold collector pieces in the late 2000s through agreements with the New Zealand-based Pobjoy Mint and others, producing themed series with minimal connection to actual Cook Islands commerce or culture. This ballerina series, marking two decades of a continuing program, belongs to that collector-market tradition rather than any circulating monetary history worth noting.
The .99999 fineness — five nines — is rarer in production terms than the standard .9999 gold used by most sovereign mints, requiring additional refining steps that PAMP and a handful of others can consistently achieve at this scale.