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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation of the neck. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim, 5 DOLLARS along the upper right, and COOK ISLANDS continues along the right field, with the date 2012 positioned at the base of the coin in the exergue area. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative rounds in such volume since the 1970s that distinguishing numismatic merit from bullion-adjacent novelty requires some effort. This piece falls firmly in the latter camp — a copper core with gold plating, weighing nearly 145 grams, engineered for shelf appeal rather than metallic value. The Diamond Jubilee year generated a flood of issues across Commonwealth and associated territories, most contracted through the same small cluster of European private mints.