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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Strawberry
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Diameter | 42.75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery, COOK ISLANDS along the right, the date 2021 appears at the top, and the denomination 50 CENTS is inscribed at the base, all within the heptagonal format. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative pieces under licensing arrangements that have little to do with its monetary system and everything to do with the collector market. This strawberry-themed release is part of a long-running series of fruit and flora novelty pieces produced for the numismatic trade, struck in iron with silver plating rather than solid silver — a cost-reduction choice that affects long-term preservation, as the plating is vulnerable to edge chipping and base metal corrosion if the substrate is exposed.