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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Eiffel Tower
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 2022 · COOK ISLANDS · 50 CENTS IRB ELIZABETH II |
| Reverse description | A highly detailed, three-quarter perspective view of the Eiffel Tower dominates the central field, rendered in deep relief with the tower's characteristic wrought-iron latticework, arched base piers, and tiered platform levels faithfully reproduced. The openwork design of the coin allows the tower's internal spaces to pierce through the flan, enhancing the architectural realism of the composition. A beaded inner border frames the design field, and the inscription 'EIFFEL TOWER · PARIS' is positioned along the upper right arc of the rim. The series legend 'LANDMARKS OF THE WORLD' is engraved in a curved banner at the lower portion of the field, integrated within the base of the tower. The antiqued finish accentuates the depth and intricacy of the relief work throughout. |
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Cook Islands has issued novelty iron pieces under legitimate authority for decades, leveraging its currency relationship with New Zealand to produce collector-targeted issues that never circulate. The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889 as a temporary structure for the Paris World's Fair — Gustave Eiffel's own company retained the rights to it, and demolition was only avoided because its iron lattice proved useful as a radio transmission tower.
Iron as a coin composition is almost unheard of outside wartime emergency issues, most notably German Kriegsgeld of WWI and WWII.