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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Winston Churchill
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Weight | 97.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, executed after Arnold Machin's celebrated portrait, occupies the central field. The Queen wears the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered with fine detail. The peripheral legend reads 'ELIZABETH II' to the left and 'COOK ISLANDS' to the right, with the date '1974' positioned prominently at the base of the coin below the truncation. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Churchill died in January 1965, and the Cook Islands issue came nearly a decade later, timed to the territory's post-1965 self-governance status — these commemorative programs were partly a revenue mechanism for a nation with limited economic infrastructure. Cook Islands began issuing collector coinage almost immediately after achieving self-government in free association with New Zealand, and the 1974 Churchill piece was among the earliest large-format silver issues in that program.
At 97.2 grams, it is one of the heavier Commonwealth commemoratives of the decade. Striking quality on these large Cook Islands issues varies considerably between specimens.