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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Deng Xiaoping
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is struck in the form of a colored topographic map of China, filling the entire flan which is shaped to replicate the country's geographic outline. A large colored portrait of Deng Xiaoping is applied to the left portion of the map, depicting him facing slightly right with a serene expression. The topographic coloring renders the terrain in shades of green, yellow, and brown. The Chinese characters for Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) appear in a vertical inscription to the right of center against the colored map field. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Deng Xiaoping died in February 1997, the same year Hong Kong was handed back to China — an event he had engineered politically but did not live to see. Cook Islands has long issued commemorative dollars under licensing arrangements that have little to do with Pacific history, and this piece falls squarely in that category. The .999 fine silver, 31.1g specification is the standard bullion-round format adopted by dozens of issuers throughout the 1990s and 2000s for exactly this kind of themed commemorative program.