Bullion coins of the Cook Islands
| Cook Islands Bounty | |
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| Metal: | 99.99% Au 99.95% Pt 99.95% Pd 99.99% Ag |
| Fine weight: | 31.1035 g |
| Edge: | corrugated |
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| Motive: | British ruling monarch |
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| Motive: | Bounty sailing ship |
The bullion coins of the Cook Islands are licensed by Cook Islands produced bullion coins made of gold , silver , platinum and palladium . The best known are the 1 troy ounce coins with the motif of the sailing ship Bounty on the number side ("Cook Islands Bounty"). On the head is the portrait of the British Queen Elizabeth II . The larger Cook Islands silver coins have variants with annually changing motifs of the Chinese zodiac .
Cook Islands Bounty Gold: The 1 troy ounce gold coins have a fine gold content of 99.99%, a face value of 100 Cook Islands dollars and a weight of 31.103 g.
Cook Islands Bounty Platinum: The 1 troy ounce platinum coins have a fine platinum content of 99.95%, a face value of 100 Cook Islands dollars and a weight of 31.103 g.
Cook Islands Bounty Palladium: The 1 troy ounce palladium coins have a fine palladium content of 99.95%, a face value of 50 Cook Islands dollars and a weight of 31.103 g.
Cook Islands Bounty Silver: The 1 troy ounce silver coins have a fine silver content of 99.99%, a face value of 1 Cook Islands dollars and a weight of 31.103 g. There are also denominations of 1/10 troy ounce, 1/4 troy ounce, 1/2 troy ounce, 20 troy ounce and 1 kg. In addition to the actual (round and flat) silver coins, there are also Cook Islands coin bars and Cook Islands coin tables , where individual coin bars weighing 1 g or 10 g can be separated from a thin, rectangular plate by bending . On the latter, not the bounty, but the sea god Tangaroa is shown on the number side . With the minting years 2012 and 2013 there are also “coin bars” (cylindrical round bars with the coin images of the bounty or the queen on the flat end faces) of 250 g, 500 g and 1000 g. All of these Cook Islands silver products have a fine silver content of 99.99%.
Web links
- Cook Islands Precious Metal Coins. ESG Edelmetall-Service GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on October 1, 2017 (commercial site of a precious metal dealer).