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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Christmas
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Reverse description | Depiction of the Flight into Egypt, featuring the Holy Family — the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, seated on a donkey led by Saint Joseph — rendered in high relief with selective gold gilding on the figures' robes. Two cherubs appear in flight in the upper field above the scene. To the right, a gold-framed Latin cross set with four amber-toned Swarovski crystals occupies the field, flanked by the inscriptions CHRISTMAS and 2012. The entire composition is set against a deeply polished proof background within the arch-shaped flan. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has leaned heavily on the novelty collector market since the 1970s, issuing licensed commemoratives with little connection to the islands themselves. This Christmas piece is part of that commercial tradition — produced for the gift and bullion collector trade rather than any domestic monetary purpose. The Swarovski partnership, common across several European minting houses working Cook Islands licenses around this period, added material cost while targeting a demographic that overlaps only partially with serious numismatics.