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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 2009 |
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The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin was deliberately left in its bombed-out state after World War II — a conscious political decision by West Berlin authorities in 1956 to preserve the ruin as a permanent anti-war monument rather than restore or demolish it. The truncated spire became one of the most recognizable skylines in Cold War-era Berlin, flanked by a modernist octagonal tower completed in 1963 to Egon Eiermann's design.
Cook Islands issued a broad series of gold-plated copper dollars in this period commemorating international landmarks, largely aimed at the collector and novelty market rather than circulation.