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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II A New World
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large stylised letter 'O' rendered in colour, forming the centrepiece of the design, within which is depicted a portrait of Captain James Cook alongside an Australian coastal landscape. The design is part of the 'A New World' series commemorating Cook's voyages of discovery. The legend A NEW WORLD arcs across the upper field, with JAMES COOK inscribed in the lower portion, referencing the explorer's historic circumnavigation and charting of the Pacific. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued under Cook Islands' long-standing arrangement with the New Zealand government, which handles the territory's foreign affairs and defence while leaving it free to produce its own commemorative coinage — an arrangement that has made Cook Islands one of the more prolific commemorative issuers in the Pacific since the 1970s. The "A New World" series to which this piece belongs drew on themes of exploration and discovery, timed loosely to align with broader anniversary cycles in the late 2000s.
KM#508 is one of dozens of .999 silver dollars Cook Islands released that year through third-party licensing arrangements common to the period.