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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II China-ASEAN Expo
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, with drop earring and necklace visible, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left rim and 'COOK ISLANDS' arcs along the right rim, with the date '2004' inscribed in the lower field. A beaded border encircles the design. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The China-ASEAN Expo launched in Nanning, Guangdang Province, in 2004 as a direct outgrowth of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement framework signed in 2002 — the first such trade fair institutionalized between China and the ten-member bloc. Cook Islands has no meaningful political or economic stake in that relationship; the issue belongs to the well-documented pattern of the Cook Islands treasury licensing commemorative silver to third-party distributors targeting Asian collector markets throughout the 2000s.