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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Porta Nigra in Trier
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara and drop earring, after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 2009 positioned in the lower exergue. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the neck. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Porta Nigra, the monumental Roman city gate of Trier, Germany, rendered as a three-dimensional silver-plated pop-up insert set against a gold-plated field. Flanking the gate are engraved low-relief views of the surrounding cityscape. At the upper field, a circular logo inscribed WORLD MONUMENTS features a stylized globe, while the arc legend GERMANY – PORTA NIGRA is inscribed along the upper rim. The denomination 1 DOLLAR appears in the lower exergue. |
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Part of Cook Islands' long-running series of coins with mechanical pop-up inserts, this piece was produced by the Austrian Mint under license — a manufacturing arrangement that accounts for the unusually high production quality relative to the nominal issuer. The Porta Nigra, a 2nd-century Roman gate in Trier, survived medieval demolition largely because a Syrian monk named Simeon walled himself inside it around 1035 AD, after which it was consecrated as a church. Dismantling a church proved politically inconvenient for centuries.