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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Poppy
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left periphery, COOK ISLANDS along the right, the date 2021 at the top, and the denomination 50 CENTS along the lower rim. The portrait displays fine detail in the Queen's hair, tiara, and pearl earring, set within a bevelled heptagonal field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 2021 COOK ISLANDS IRB 50 CENTS |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative poppy pieces in various formats since the early 2000s, but the silver-plated iron substrate used here marks a deliberate cost reduction from earlier cupro-nickel or pure silver runs — keeping the piece accessible as a remembrance item rather than a bullion play. The poppy motif in Commonwealth numismatics traces directly to the adoption of John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" as the symbolic anchor for Armistice remembrance after 1918, a connection that drove dozens of mints to produce poppy coinage for the centenary period and beyond.