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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Royal Wedding
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 JB FM |
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| Mint | (FM) Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date) |
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Cook Islands marked the 1981 marriage of Charles and Diana with a wave of commemorative issues, this 50-cent piece among them. The timing was politically deliberate — the islands had held self-governing status in free association with New Zealand since 1965, and participatory gestures toward the Crown served to reinforce that constitutional relationship without the obligations of full membership.
KM#6.4 distinguishes this from earlier Cook Islands 50-cent types sharing the same basic specification.