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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Batalha Monastery
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central color-printed medallion depicting a full frontal view of the Mosteiro da Batalha (Batalha Monastery), a UNESCO World Heritage Gothic-Manueline masterpiece in Portugal, rendered in vivid polychrome with a blue sky background. The inscription MOSTEIRO DA BATALHA appears in an arc above the monastery image within the color field. The surrounding silver-plated border features relief-engraved foliage and natural motifs flanking the central medallion. The arc legend 7 WONDERS OF PORTUGAL is inscribed along the upper rim in raised capital letters, and the date 2009 appears in the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Batalha Monastery in central Portugal was begun in 1386 to fulfill a vow made by King João I before the Battle of Aljubarrota, where a heavily outnumbered Portuguese force routed the Castilian army and secured the dynasty. Construction dragged across nearly two centuries and was never technically finished — the so-called Capelas Imperfeitas, the unfinished chapels, remain open to the sky to this day, abandoned when royal patronage shifted to Lisbon's Jerónimos Monastery under Manuel I.