Cook Islands 2021 20 dollars KM-3178
This specimen was lot 74517 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "COOK ISLANDS. 20 Dollars, 2021. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. Real Heroes Series: Firefighter. Ultra high relief style." The Cook Islands, like many small, impoverished nations, has contracted with private mints to produce and market a large variety of commemoratives sold in lands far from the issuing country. The inhabitants of the Cook Islands (pop. 15,000 in 2021) in the Pacific use the New Zealand dollar and the commemoratives are not legal tender there.
Recorded mintage: 911.
Specification: 93.3 g, 0.999 fine silver, 50 mm diameter, 3 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-3178.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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