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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Mother's day
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A colorized depiction of two carnation blooms with green foliage, rendered in pink and purple enamel against a dark mirrored field, symbolizing the Mother's Day theme. The denomination 50 DOLLARS is inscribed in bold lettering along the lower arc of the coin. The inscription 1/4 oz 9999 GOLD appears to the left of the floral motif, with the Perth Mint's P mintmark situated to the right. |
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Cook Islands operated an aggressive commemorative program through the 1990s, licensing designs through the Perth Mint and several private distributors to generate revenue from the international collector market. These issues had no domestic circulation function whatsoever — Cook Islands used New Zealand currency in practice, and the face values assigned to gold commemoratives bore no relationship to economic reality on the islands.
KM#844 sits in a crowded field of similar-weight .9999 gold issues from this period, differentiated primarily by subject matter rather than numismatic substance. The Mother's Day theming placed it squarely in the gift market rather than the collector market.