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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Libra
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | Full-color depiction of an adult Golden Labrador Retriever carrying a wooden stick in its mouth, acting as a balance beam from which two wicker baskets are suspended by golden cords, each basket containing a young Labrador puppy — a playful allusion to the Libra scales. A meadow landscape with pink lilies in the foreground forms the colorful background. The legend LIBRA appears at the top of the field within a sculpted silver ornamental cartouche with foliate scrollwork at either side. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Libra" in this title refers to the ancient Roman unit of weight — the pound — from which both the troy system and the British pound sterling derive their names. Cook Islands has made a habit of issuing silver rounds dressed as legal tender, and this piece sits squarely in that tradition: nominally a dollar coin of a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand, practically a bullion collectible with a face value that bears no relationship to its silver content.