Cook Islands Coin Bars

Cook Island coin bars
Metal:	> 99.9% silver
Embossing years:	2007 until today
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Motive:	Elizabeth II , partly still the bounty
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Motive:	None

$ 30 coin bar, Cook Islands, 2014

The Cook Islands coin bar is an investment coin and Kurant coin that is only available in silver . The coin has the shape of a stamped bar ( coin bar ) and is the official currency in the Cook Islands . Thus, up to and including 2013, only the reduced VAT rate of 7% was due in Germany . The coin bar itself was conceived by the German coin dealer Jürgen Göbel. The Cook Island coin bar is the first of its kind, due to the advantages in terms of the applicable tax, similar products from other manufacturers, such as the Andorra coin bar from Umicore , have been brought onto the market. The coin bar was initially minted by the Perth Mint in Australia. Since 2008 he is from the refinery Heimerle + Meule produced. These coin bars are a special type of investment coins from the Cook Islands .

variants

Weight	size in mm	Face value	execution
1 ounce	50.2 x 29.2 x 2.27	1 Cook Islands dollar (Ci $)	embossed
100 g	60.6 x 35.4 x 4.6	5 Cook Islands Dollars (Ci $)	embossed
250 g	90 x 52 x 5.8	7.5 Cook Islands Dollars (Ci $)	embossed
500 g	108.5 x 62.3 x 7.6	15 Cook Islands Dollars (Ci $)	embossed
1 kg	105 × 50 × 18	30 Cook Islands Dollars (Ci $)	poured
100 ounces	182 × 89 × 18	100 Cook Islands Dollars (Ci $)	poured
5 kg	182 × 89 × 30	150 Cook Islands Dollars (Ci $)	poured

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Brückner: When bars become coins. In: The world . October 24, 2010, accessed October 5, 2016 .