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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous; Mt. Everest: First Ascent

Features

Location Cook Islands
Issuing company CIT
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coins
Year 2023
Value 10 Dollars
10 NZD = USD 5.81
Currency Dollar (1972-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 62.2 g
Diameter 45 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, Coloured
Number
N#
363592

Obverse

The Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and two mountaineers

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II 10 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS
IRB
2023
ON 29 MAY 1953, NEW ZEALAND-BORN HILLARY AND HIS NEPALESE MOUNTAINEERING PARTNER TENZING NORGAY, BECAME THE FIRST HUMANS TO STAND ON THE SUMMITS OF EVEREST. AS MEMBERS OF THE 1953 BRITISH MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION, THEIR TRIUMPH WAS THE GLORIOUS RESULT OF A LONG, COMPLEX AND BRILLIANTLY CO-ORDINATED CAMPAIGN.

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Everest Summit

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MT. EVEREST
1953 FIRST ASCENT

Edge

Reeded

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2023  1 953 Proof

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Numista Rarity index: 97 Search tips
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Bullion value: USD 136.20 Search tips
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Actual silver weight: 1.998 oz
Current silver price: 68.18 USD/oz (see silver price )

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