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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II 1992 Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Raphael David Maklouf, wearing the George IV State Diadem, drop earring, and pearl necklace. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field, COOK ISLANDS along the upper right, and the date 1989 is inscribed in the lower exergue. The engraver's initials RDM appear on the truncation of the bust. |
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| Mintage | 1989 PM - Proof - 40,000 |
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Cook Islands was among the most aggressive issuers of commemorative silver in the late 1980s, producing dozens of collector pieces through licensing arrangements that had little connection to the islands themselves. This 1989-dated issue anticipating the 1992 Games — both Albertville in winter and Barcelona in summer — was part of that commercial wave, struck years ahead of the events it nominally commemorates.
KM#60 is one of several Cook Islands issues from this period produced by foreign minting contractors rather than any facility on the islands, which have no mint of their own.