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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Tezuka Osamu
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Tezuka Osamu, who died in 1989, is frequently called the "God of Manga" — a label his Japanese peers coined, not Western marketers. His studio, Mushi Production, pioneered limited animation techniques for television that the entire industry subsequently adopted out of financial necessity. Cook Islands has issued a substantial number of licensed pop-culture gold pieces targeting the collector market rather than any domestic monetary need, and this Tezuka issue sits in that commercial tradition.
At 7.7 g of .9999 fine gold, the coin corresponds to a quarter-ounce-adjacent format popular with Pacific island issuers in the 2010s for its price accessibility.