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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Governor Bligh
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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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, rendered in fine detail after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS 2016 along the right. The face value $1 is inscribed at the base of the portrait, flanked by the specifications 25 g to the left and Ag 925 to the right, all set within a polished field against a frosted portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 2016 IRB 25g $1 Ag 925 |
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William Bligh survived the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty only to face a second mutiny in 1808, when New South Wales Army officers and rum traders deposed him as Governor of the colony in what became known as the Rum Rebellion — the only successful armed overthrow of an Australian government. He was held under house arrest for over a year before being allowed to return to England, where a court martial ultimately sided with him.