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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II 2nd Century
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Diameter | 38.7 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a robed Chinese artisan seated at a flat drying frame, engaged in the process of papermaking, with a large wooden barrel to the left and a mortar and pestle to the right, all rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished proof field. The bold legend 2ND CENTURY arcs prominently along the upper periphery in large serif lettering. To the right of the central figure, the inscription PAPER IS INVENTED IN CHINA appears in two lines within the field. The denomination $50 is incused into the left side of the scene, and the Franklin Mint mark FM appears near the lower right of the design. |
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| Mint | Franklin Mint, Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Additional information |
The Cook Islands' late-1990s commemorative program was prolific to the point of flooding the collector market, and many issues from this period traded well below face value within years of release. This particular piece belongs to a series marking milestones of the second century AD — a thematic choice driven almost entirely by the demands of the Franklin Mint-style commemorative trade rather than any particular connection between the Cook Islands and Roman imperial history.
KM#322 is one of dozens of near-identical silver rounds issued under Cook Islands authority during this era, with the nominal $50 face value serving no practical monetary function whatsoever.