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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II King John
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the designer's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II and 1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS along the upper periphery, with the date 2010 positioned in the exergue below the portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Part of a sprawling Cook Islands commemorative program that licensed historical portrait imagery for collector sales throughout the 2000s and 2010s, this piece has no connection to actual Cook Islands monetary history. King John's enduring numismatic relevance stems from Magna Carta, sealed at Runnymede in June 1215 under baronial compulsion — a document John almost certainly intended to repudiate the moment he could, which he did within weeks by securing papal annulment of it.