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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Magna Carta
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in fine detail after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The bust is truncated at the neck, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs across the upper field, with COOK ISLANDS continuing to the right, and the denomination 1 DOLLAR appears in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 1 DOLLAR |
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Issued to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta's sealing at Runnymede in June 1215, this Cook Islands piece belongs to a crowded field of commemorative gold minors produced by the Hamilton Mint and similar private licensees operating under the Cook Islands' permissive coining arrangements. The country has issued thousands of distinct commemorative types under royal authority since the 1970s, few of which ever see the islands themselves.