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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II King George V
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a jewelled crown and draped bust, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field, with the legend ELIZABETH II arcing along the left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the right. The date 2007 appears in the lower exergue in large numerals. |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a full-colour photographic portrait of King George V, depicted in a three-quarter facing bust wearing formal attire, with a neatly trimmed beard. The name GEORGE V appears in white lettering above the portrait within the coloured insert, and the regnal dates 1910 - 1936 are inscribed below. The surrounding gold-plated border carries the arc legend KINGS AND QUEENS OF BRITAIN along the upper periphery and the denomination ONE DOLLAR along the lower margin, both in raised lettering against a dark field. |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars under its own authority since 1972, despite having no independent central bank — New Zealand underwrites the territory's monetary arrangements, making these pieces legal tender in name while functioning entirely as collector items. This particular issue honors George V, whose reign from 1910 to 1936 encompassed both World War I and the formation of the British Commonwealth of Nations as a formal structure replacing the looser imperial framework.
Gold-plated copper at this weight and diameter was a format Cook Islands used aggressively in the 2000s, producing dozens of commemorative types annually through the Pobjoy Mint and others.