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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Bounty
| Issuer | Cook Islands Government |
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| Year | 2011-2014 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Cook Islands have issued commemorative silver dollars under their own authority since 1972, despite having no independent central bank — New Zealand dollars circulate in practice, making Cook Islands coinage essentially a licensing operation for the collector market. This Bounty series dollar is among the most persistently issued types in that program, appearing across multiple years with minimal design variation.
HMS Bounty's 1789 mutiny ended with Fletcher Christian settling the surviving mutineers on Pitcairn Island — roughly 1,900 kilometers from Rarotonga, close enough geographically to make the subject a plausible, if loosely justified, choice for Cook Islands numismatic branding.