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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Gold Rush
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Cook Islands ran an aggressive commemorative program through the early 1990s, licensing coin designs through external distributors — primarily the New Zealand-based firm Pobjoy Mint and various offshore partners — resulting in a flood of gold and silver issues that had little organic connection to the islands themselves. This Gold Rush piece is squarely in that tradition: a collector-market product aimed at overseas buyers, not a coin reflecting any monetary need or local historical significance.
The California Gold Rush of 1848–1855 moved an estimated 750,000 people to the western United States and injected roughly $2 billion in gold into the American economy at period values.