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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Diamond Wedding
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl drop earring, after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The truncated bust is depicted in fine detail with elaborately rendered hair. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the left periphery, 1 DOLLAR arcs across the upper field, and COOK ISLANDS descends along the right periphery; the date 2009 appears in the lower exergue. The mirrored field provides a strong contrast to the raised portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Diamond Wedding commemorative marks the 60th anniversary of the marriage of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in November 1947 — an event that took place while Britain was still under postwar rationing, with the government issuing the bride special clothing coupons for her dress. Cook Islands has long leveraged its Commonwealth status to produce high-volume commemorative issues of this kind, with KM# 1400 being one of dozens of gold-plated copper-nickel pieces released through that channel in the late 2000s for the collector market rather than circulation.