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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Miffy 2003
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the iconic cartoon rabbit character Miffy, rendered in colorized enamel with a white body and red dress, standing facing forward in the simplified graphic style created by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. The curved legend MIFFY 50TH ANNIVERSARY arcs around the upper field. The denomination ¢50 appears prominently at the bottom center, flanked by the commemorative year 2003 above and the copyright notice © Mercis bv to the lower right. A beaded border frames the composition. |
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Miffy — the minimalist rabbit created by Dutch illustrator Dick Bruna in 1955 — became the subject of a small wave of commemorative issues in the early 2000s, coinciding with the character's 50th anniversary marketing push. Cook Islands frequently served as the issuing authority for novelty silver issues of this kind, providing legal-tender status to pieces primarily intended for the gift and collector market rather than circulation. The arrangement was commercially straightforward: the Cook Islands government collected seigniorage while the licensing and distribution were handled entirely offshore.