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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II Walking Liberty
| Issuer | Cook Islands Government |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a large, finely detailed effigy of a bald eagle with wings spread, perched on a rocky outcrop, rendered in the style of Adolph A. Weinman's original Walking Liberty half dollar reverse design. To the lower left, a small right-facing portrait bust of Queen Elizabeth II is incorporated, accompanied by the engraver's initials IRB below. The legend TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES curves along the upper rim, COOK ISLANDS appears to the left field, and HALF · DOLLAR is inscribed along the lower rim. The word COPY is incused diagonally across the central field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Walking Liberty design was created by Adolph Weinman for the U.S. half dollar in 1916 and is widely considered one of the finest American coin designs ever produced. Cook Islands has issued a long series of fractional gold-clad pieces borrowing iconic foreign designs, a practice enabled by the territory's broad autonomy in issuing commemorative and novelty coinage under New Zealand's constitutional framework. This particular piece falls squarely in that commercial collector market — produced for sale, not circulation.