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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Four Gospels
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the bust. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left rim, while '5 DOLLARS' and 'COOK ISLANDS' are inscribed along the upper and right rims respectively. The date '2016' is positioned in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued religious-themed commemoratives in volume since the 1990s, many produced by the Austrian Mint or B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Munich under licensing arrangements — the issuing authority functions largely as a nominal sovereign for collector market purposes rather than a circulating monetary body. This piece belongs to that well-established category of numismatic product aimed squarely at devotional collectors.
The selective gold plating technique used here was widely adopted in the early 2000s as a cost-effective way to differentiate premium issues without committing to full gold coin production costs.