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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Christmas in Rome
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 25 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, centered within the triangular field against a dark proof background. The legend ELIZABETH II runs along the upper-left edge, COOK ISLANDS along the upper-right edge, and the denomination 5 DOLLARS appears horizontally along the base of the triangle. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail on the Queen's diadem and neckline drapery. |
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| Reverse description | A centrally placed white Christmas tree adorned with fifteen multicolored Swarovski crystal ornaments in red, blue, green, and yellow dominates the triangular field. To the right, a gold-highlighted depiction of St. Peter's Basilica and its colonnade in Vatican City rises behind the tree, rendered in selective gold gilding against the dark proof field. In the lower-left corner, a gold-gilded Nativity scene is depicted within a manger. The inscription CHRISTMAS IN ROME appears in two lines at the lower right of the field, followed by the date 2008. |
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Cook Islands became one of the more aggressive issuers of novelty legal tender in the 2000s, licensing its minting authority to produce collectibles that would never circulate. This piece, with Swarovski crystals set into the planchet, is a product of that arrangement — a manufactured collectible rather than a monetary instrument, its face value purely nominal against its retail price.