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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Archangel Raphael
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 2005 |
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| Reverse lettering | RAPHAEL GUARDIAN ANGEL ONE DOLLAR 1/20 OZ .9999 GOLD |
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Cook Islands has issued gold miniatures under its authority since the 1990s, leveraging its status as a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand to produce collector pieces well outside the needs of any domestic circulation. This Archangel Raphael dollar belongs to a series tapping the sustained European retail market for religious-themed bullion and numismatic miniatures — a commercial category that expanded sharply in the early 2000s. The .9999 fineness places it among the purest gold fractional issues of that decade.