Coin | Silver Ounce 2021 Trap Attack |
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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.
This coin continues the series of coins with a Trapped theme - issued first in 2019 and then in 2020.
The Mint says about this coin: "The story continues. And still we do not know who or what is behind the stretched fabric sheet - the curtain of fear. The breathtaking image enabled by the enhanced smartminting® technology makes us all witnesses to an oppressive and mysterious attack. Another great example of a highlight that is not defined by what’s added to the coin surface but by what lies beneath. The incredible detail of the stretched fabric combined with ultra-realistic sloping relief make for a coin that really captures the imagination." |
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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 and the face value: ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS.
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The reverse design creates the impression of a person's face, trapped under a stretched fabric sheet and screaming, and a second face attacking it from the left - with long vampire fangs.
Around above right in the rim, the small inscription TRAPPED; around below left, the date of issue 2021. |
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Reverse Inscription |
TRAPPED 2021 |
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Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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Notes | Finish: antique, high relief. CIT Item ID: 29505 |
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