Cook Islands 2006 50 dollars

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1616

This specimen was lot 1616 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COOK ISLANDS: Elizabeth II, 1952, AV 50 dollars, 2006, Henry VIII, mintage of only 250 pieces, Brilliant Proof, R." The Cook Islands, like many small, impoverished nations, has contracted with private mints to produce and market a large variety of commemoratives marketed in lands far from the issuing country. The Cook Islands were discovered by Captain Cook over two centuries after Henry's death.

Recorded mintage: 250.

Specification: 31.105 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1.000 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-1624.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• 2003 200 dollars, Capt. Cook
• 2005 10 dollars, Pope John Paul II
• 2009 50 dollars, 1 oz palladium
• Coins and currency dated 2006