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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Lu Zhishen
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara and drop earring, with truncation at the base of the neck. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS along the right field, both in raised Latin capitals. The date 2004 appears in the lower exergue. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Colorized depiction of Lu Zhishen, the legendary monk-warrior from the classic Chinese novel Water Margin (Shuihu Zhuan), shown in dynamic pose uprooting a large willow tree with both arms, dressed in a red robe and blue trousers. The figure is rendered in vivid color against the polished silver field. A vertical column of Chinese characters appears along the right field, identifying the series or subject. The denomination 1 DOLLAR is inscribed in the lower left field in raised Latin capitals. |
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Lu Zhishen is one of 108 outlaws catalogued in Water Margin, the 14th-century Chinese novel attributed to Shi Nai'an and among the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Cook Islands issued a series drawing on these characters, using the legal framework of New Zealand's associated-state relationship to produce collector silver without any domestic circulation function — a common arrangement that funded the government while serving markets in China and the broader Chinese diaspora.