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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Battle of Midway
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the third portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as executed by sculptor Raphael Maklouf, depicting the Queen in right-facing effigy wearing the Royal Diadem and draped robes. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the effigy, with COOK ISLANDS positioned along the upper periphery and the denomination 1 DOLLAR at the lower periphery. The year of issue 2011 appears within the field. The portrait is rendered in the refined style characteristic of Maklouf's coinage effigies commissioned for Commonwealth realms. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 2011 1 DOLLAR |
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The Battle of Midway, fought June 4–7, 1942, is widely considered the turning point of the Pacific War — the moment American codebreakers and carrier aviation reversed Japanese naval dominance in a single engagement, sinking four fleet carriers Japan could not replace. Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver dollars extensively since the 1970s, largely as revenue-generating collector pieces rather than circulating currency, and this issue follows that well-established pattern. The KM#1531 attribution places it within a sprawling series of themed one-dollar strikes from this period.