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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Peace Dollar
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central design featuring a perched bald eagle adapted from the classic United States Peace Dollar reverse, depicted in right profile atop an olive branch with rays radiating behind. A small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces left, positioned to the lower left of the eagle. The legend 'A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES' arcs along the upper border, with 'E · PLURIBUS UNUM' in the upper field. 'COOK ISLANDS' appears to the right, while 'ONE DOLLAR' is inscribed across the lower field. The word 'COPY' is incused on the exergue above the legend 'PEACE' at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES E · PLURIBUS UNUM COOK ISLANDS IRB ONE DOLLAR COPY PEACE |
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Cook Islands has long operated as a prolific licensing partner for commemorative issues, and this piece is squarely in that tradition — struck not for domestic circulation but for the international collector market. The Peace Dollar design it reproduces was originally created by Anthony de Francisci and entered U.S. coinage in 1921, itself a rushed commission responding to public demand for a post-WWI commemorative circulating coin.
Silver-clad bronze rather than solid silver keeps production costs low. The Cook Islands imprimatur is a legal formality; no one on Rarotonga is spending these.