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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Independence Hall
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, a drop earring, and a pearl necklace, after the portrait by Raphael Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right, with the date 1992 positioned in the lower exergue. The engraver's initials RDM appear on the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of Independence Hall in Philadelphia rendered in fine architectural detail, flanked by two trees on either side. In the lower field, five figures in 18th-century period dress are shown assembled before the building, evoking the Founding Fathers at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The arc legend 500 YEARS OF AMERICA 1492-1992 curves along the upper periphery, and the denomination 50 DOLLARS is inscribed in the lower field beneath the figures. |
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Cook Islands ran an aggressive commemorative program through the late 1980s and early 1990s, contracting extensively with the Pobjoy Mint and others to produce high-volume thematic issues sold primarily to the collector market rather than circulated domestically. Most had no meaningful connection to Cook Islands itself — Independence Hall was simply a marketable American subject dropped into a foreign issuer's catalog to capture U.S. buyer interest.
The KM#200 designation places it within a numbering sequence that had ballooned well past anything resembling a coherent national coinage program by 1992.