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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Olympics
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as engraved by Raphael David Maklouf, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, drop earrings, and a pearl necklace. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 1996 positioned in the lower exergue. The engraver's initials RDM appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands issued a wave of commemorative dollars through the 1990s under licensing arrangements that had little to do with domestic monetary policy — these were produced almost entirely for the collector export market, with Franklin Mint and similar operators handling much of the distribution. The Atlanta Games of 1996 generated an unusually crowded field of authorized commemorative programs from small island nations, Cook Islands among them.
.500 fineness was the house standard for this tier of issue, keeping silver content low enough to protect margins on high-volume collector pieces.