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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Duke of Wellington
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a dark, mirror-like field. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left periphery and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the right, with '1 DOLLAR' inscribed along the upper border and the date '2019' positioned at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS IRB 2019 |
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The Duke of Wellington connection to Cook Islands coinage is purely commercial — the Pacific microstate has issued licensed commemoratives under its authority since the 1970s, functioning essentially as a mint client rather than an issuing sovereign in any meaningful monetary sense. This piece belongs to a broad category of gold-plated copper collector issues produced in bulk for the novelty market, most of which never approach the Cook Islands at any point in their existence.