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50 Dollars - Charles III Centenary of the Shōwa era
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars 50 NZD = RSD 2991 |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing uncrowned effigy of King Charles III rendered in high relief against a plain field. The bust is truncated at the shoulder and depicted in a restrained, contemporary portrait style. The legend CHARLES III · 2026 arcs along the upper periphery, while COOK ISLANDS is inscribed along the lower periphery. The engraver's initials DT appear in small characters at the lower right of the bust truncation. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Shōwa era — the reign name assigned to Hirohito's rule — spans 1926 to 1989, making its centenary fall in 2026. That the commemorating issuer is Cook Islands rather than Japan is a function of the commemorative bullion market: Japan's own mint does not produce collector gold of this kind for export, leaving the field to licensed foreign issuers. Cook Islands has held a longstanding arrangement allowing it to produce legal tender coins of this type.
Hirohito's reign remains the longest of any Japanese emperor and bracketed the country's militarist expansion, total defeat, and postwar economic reconstruction — a compression of national experience with few modern parallels.