25 Dollars – Cook Islands
Context
Material
Diameter: 50 mm
Weight: 155.5 g
Silver weight: 155.48 g
Thickness: 10.4 mm
Shape: Round
Composition: 99.99% Silver
Standard: Silver 5 ounces
Magnetic: No
Technique: Milled
Alignment: Medal alignment
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References
Numista: #484720
Value
Exchange value: 25 NZD = $14.98
Bullion value: $435.74
Obverse
Description:
A King Charles III effigy bearing an American flag and the Iwo Jima tribute: “Uncommon Valor Was a Common Virtue.”
Inscription:
UNCOMMON
VALOR
WAS A COMMON
VIRTUE
25 DOLLARS · CHARLES III
DT
· COOK ISLANDS ·
SEMPER FIDELIS 5OZ .9999 AG
VALOR
WAS A COMMON
VIRTUE
25 DOLLARS · CHARLES III
DT
· COOK ISLANDS ·
SEMPER FIDELIS 5OZ .9999 AG
Script: Latin
Designer: Dan Thorne
Reverse
Description:
Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
Inscription:
BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
MMXXIV
MMXXIV
Script: Latin
Edge
Reeded
✨ Legendary