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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 1954·1974·1990 Football World Cup Winner
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing a tiara and light drapery at the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left arc and COOK ISLANDS along the right arc, with the date 2001 placed in the lower exergue. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands issued a substantial number of commemorative silver pieces through the 1990s and 2000s under licensing arrangements that had little to do with the islands themselves — this is one of them. The three dates in the title reference Brazil's World Cup victories in 1954, 1974 wrong — those were West Germany's — and 1990, also West Germany. Brazil won in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002. Whatever the intended honoree, the title as cataloged contains an error that has never been formally corrected.