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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3277146, member: 66&quot;]On the COA it says 39 mm diameter.&nbsp; And the&quot;clad&quot; ones aren&#039;t clad they are plated with 71 mg of silver, that is .07 grams or .002 troy oz.&nbsp; That&#039;s right 2 THOUSANDTHS of an oz.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s because it is a 2019 Cook Islands coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They are a very small country and really have no need for their own coins as the use New Zealand&#039;s, but the government licenses companies to strike coins in their name and collects royalties on every one sold.&nbsp; Their only risk comes if someone comes to the Cook Islands with a bunch and tries to spend them or redeem them at the bank.&nbsp; If you do you will probably find that they are legal tender, but LIMITED legal tender.&nbsp; Marshall Islands had that problem once and now you will find that you are limited to redeeming no more than one coin per day, and their is a redemption fee of $5 per coin.&nbsp; Considering the majority of Marshall Islands coins issued were $5 coins you can redeem one $5 coin per day at a cost of $5 per coin.&nbsp; Needless to say they don&#039;t get many people trying to redeem them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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