| Coin | Silver Half Ounce 2013 Happy Birthday - Boy |
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The Cook Islands, a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand, uses two official legal tender currencies. The New Zealand Dollar circulates in parallel with the local Cook Islands Dollar; at the same time, the government also authorises many legal tender coins in the Cook Islands Dollar currency for collector's purposes. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes, including half of a troy ounce of silver - such as this coin.
This coloured heart-shaped coin is intended as a gift celebrating the birth of a baby boy. |
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The obverse of the coin shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.
In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).
Around the effigy is the monarch's legend, the date of issue and the value: ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 2 DOLLARS.
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The reverse is coloured and depicts a baby boy sitting on cabbage leaves. Above, storks carrying babies, with blue decorations.Between them, a blue crystal has been set into the surface of the coin.
Above the baby, the inscription С ДНЁМ РОЖДЕНИЯ! (in Russian: Happy Birthday!); below, the date of issue 2013. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
С ДНЁМ РОЖДЕНИЯ! 2013 |
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| Edge | Plain | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: proof, coloured, special shape.
CIT Item ID: 26330.
CIT has a series of similar heart-shaped coins, but this coin is not part of it. |
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