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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Tales of the Caribbean
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a mother-of-pearl inlay occupying the central field, depicting a tall-masted sailing vessel under full sail amid turbulent seas, its rigging taut against the wind. A giant cephalopod — evoking the legendary kraken — coils its massive tentacle dramatically around the ship's masts and sails, creating a dynamic composition rooted in Caribbean maritime folklore. Colorful detailing enhances the overall artistic effect of the inlay. The arced legend TALES OF THE CARIBBEAN is inscribed along the upper periphery, while the denomination 50 DOLLARS is distributed across the lower left and lower right of the border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Tales of the Caribbean" series was part of a broader wave of Cook Islands collector issues produced under licensing arrangements with overseas minting houses — in this case almost certainly the Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska), which struck the majority of Cook Islands' large-format silver issues from this period. Cook Islands itself has no mint and exercises its issuing authority largely as a revenue mechanism, with the coins never intended for circulation on the islands.
KM#800 sits in a catalog that by 2008 had grown so rapidly with novelty issues that Krause editors were struggling to keep cross-references clean across editions.