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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Second year of Pope Benedictus XVI
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Weight | 25 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara and draped bust, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The legend COOK ISLANDS and 5 DOLLARS appears above the portrait, while ELIZABETH II is inscribed below. The design is set within a hexagonal flan with reeded edges. The portrait follows the Ian Rank-Broadley tradition used on Commonwealth coinage from this period. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features two principal design elements in color against a mirror-polished field. To the left, a Latin cross formed by inset rectangular red crystals is depicted in vivid relief. To the right, the gilt papal arms of Pope Benedict XVI are rendered in full color, displaying the tiara and crossed keys above an escutcheon. The legend BENEDICTUS XVI arcs across the upper field, while ANNUS SECUNDUS and the date 2006 appear in two lines across the lower field. |
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Pope Benedict XVI was elected in April 2005 following the death of John Paul II, making 2006 his first full calendar year in office. Cook Islands issued a number of papal commemoratives during this period, part of a broader wave of Pacific island collector coinage that flooded the market in the mid-2000s — struck by European mints on contract and sold almost exclusively through the numismatic trade, never approaching the islands themselves.