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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Nelson and Raising Flag
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Edge | Milled |
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| Mintage | 2007 - Proof |
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Issued as part of Cook Islands' long-running commemorative dollar program, this piece marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar — though struck two years after the 2005 commemorations, placing it firmly in the tail end of a heavily saturated market for Nelson-related issues. The Royal Navy's victory on 21 October 1805 cost Nelson his life aboard HMS Victory, struck by a French sharpshooter from the rigging of the Redoutable at a range of roughly fifteen meters.
The flag signal Nelson ordered hoisted before the engagement — "England expects that every man will do his duty" — required last-minute substitution of the word "expects" because "confides" was not in the signal book's vocabulary index.