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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Pieta
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, occupying the central field of the octagonal flan. The portrait, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field, depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley likeness of the Queen. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper border, while COOK ISLANDS and the denomination 5 DOLLARS are inscribed in two lines along the lower border, all in raised Latin capitals. |
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| Reverse lettering | VATICAN ART THE PIETÀ 2009 |
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Cook Islands built a substantial portion of its late-2000s mint revenue on licensed religious and fine-art themed silver issues, many produced by the Austrian Mint and distributed through European coin marketing firms. The Pietà series embedded Swarovski crystals — an Austrian product — into the field, a pairing that was commercially calculated rather than artistically incidental. Both companies are headquartered within a few hundred kilometers of each other.
These sell primarily to collector-consumers rather than numismatists. Secondary market premiums track the novelty segment, not silver melt.