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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Andrey
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Proof - 10,000 |
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Andrey Pervozvannyy — Andrew the Apostle, first-called among the twelve — holds particular veneration in Russian Orthodox tradition, and this Cook Islands issue is one of dozens of similar licensed bullion-and-collectible pieces produced under Cook Islands authority for the European devotional and collector market during the 2010s. The Cook Islands became a favored issuing jurisdiction for this type of commemorative precisely because of its flexible minting agreements, allowing European distributors — primarily based in Poland and Germany — to market silver pieces with nominal face values while retaining full design control.