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5 Tene - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, Royal Wedding
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| In circulation to | 1 May 2016 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large, naturalistically rendered hibiscus flower in full bloom occupies the upper portion of the field, its petals and stamen depicted in fine relief, with a stem bearing two leaves extending to the lower left. The large numeral 5 appears centrally in the lower field, overlapping the stem. The engraver's initials JB for George James Berry are incuse in the lower left field. No peripheral legend appears on the reverse. |
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Cook Islands issued this piece to mark the July 1981 marriage of Charles and Diana, one of dozens of Commonwealth territories that produced commemorative currency for the occasion. The New Zealand Reserve Bank administers Cook Islands monetary affairs, which is why these coins carry legal tender status despite the islands having a population then well under 20,000 — too small to sustain independent coinage infrastructure of any practical scale.