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75 Dollars - Elizabeth II Love Angel
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by Raphael David Maklouf, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS along the right field, both in raised Latin lettering. The date 1997 is positioned in the lower exergue beneath the portrait. The coin is struck to proof standard, with a deeply mirrored field contrasting against the finely detailed relief of the royal portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1997 |
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Cook Islands leveraged its status as a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand throughout the 1990s to issue an aggressive series of precious-metal commemoratives — many struck by foreign mints on contract and sold directly into collector markets with no expectation of circulation. The Love Angel series was squarely part of that program, targeting the gift and romance coin market that briefly flourished among European and Japanese collectors in the mid-to-late 1990s.
Platinum at .9995 fineness in 1997 was still a relative novelty for commemorative coinage; spot prices that year hovered near $400 per troy ounce before surging past $500 by year's end.