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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Coelophysis
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A central full-color printed scene depicts a Coelophysis dinosaur in a naturalistic Late Triassic landscape, shown in full profile amid rocky terrain with prehistoric conifers and a dramatic sky in the background. The color vignette is framed by an uncolored raised border featuring relief engravings of additional prehistoric creatures, including a Triceratops and smaller dinosaur forms amid fern-like vegetation. The arc legend 'AGE OF THE DINOSAUR' appears in bold lettering across the upper portion of the border field. The combination of color printing and relief engraving creates a layered, three-dimensional compositional effect. |
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Cook Islands has issued collector dollars under licensing arrangements for decades, with the numismatic program functioning largely as a revenue instrument rather than a genuine circulating currency. The Coelophysis, a slender theropod from the Late Triassic, was named the state fossil of New Mexico in 1981 after a mass accumulation of specimens was excavated at Ghost Ranch in the 1940s — one of the densest dinosaur bone beds ever found in North America.