| Coin | Silver Ounce 2016 Eagle and Rattlesnake |
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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 one ounce of silver - such as this coin.
The Eagle and Rattlesnake silver ounce coin is part of the Predator - Prey series of coins depicting two animals - a predator and its prey - in a yin and yang pattern. |
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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 5 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS 2016.
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The reverse of the coin shows an eagle on the left and a rattlesnake curled around a cactus on the right, depicted as outlines, in a tribal tattoo kind of style, and in a yin and yang pattern - the snake on a white background and the snake on black.
There is no inscription. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
(none) |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: prooflike, selective palladium plating.
CIT Item ID: 27367 |
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