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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II HMS Victory
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Weight | 25.09 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a tiara and pearl necklace, rendered in the Raphael Maklouf style. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the upper left rim and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right rim, with the date 2007 positioned in the exergue below the portrait. A beaded inner border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Dynamic high-relief depiction of HMS Victory under full sail, shown at a dramatic angle cutting through heavy seas with waves rendered in fine detail below. The ship's rigging, masts, and sails are intricately engraved against a darkened field. The arc legend ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY curves along the upper rim, while the denomination ONE DOLLAR appears in two lines at the base of the design within the lower field. |
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HMS Victory is best known as Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar in 1805, but she was already over forty years old by that battle — launched at Chatham in 1765 and nearly broken up twice before being assigned to active command. Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars of this type through licensing arrangements with the Pobjoy Mint, producing pieces aimed squarely at the collector market with no meaningful circulation history.