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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Princess Diana at Hindu Temple
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and ornate crown. The queen is shown with a draped neckline, and a small earring is visible. The peripheral legend reads 'ELIZABETH II' to the left and '1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS' to the right, with the date '2007' positioned in the lower exergue. The portrait is consistent with the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy used on Commonwealth coinage of this era. |
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| Reverse lettering | DIANA - PRINCESS OF WALES 1961 - 1997 |
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Cook Islands has operated one of the more prolific commemorative programs in the Pacific, frequently licensing portrait rights and historical imagery for coins with no circulation intent whatsoever. This piece was issued roughly a decade after Diana's 1997 death, during a sustained wave of memorial issues that flooded the collector market from multiple low-sovereignty issuers simultaneously.
Gold-plated copper-nickel at this weight and diameter is the workhorse format of the souvenir coin trade — produced in the tens of thousands, sold at multiples of melt value, and almost never redeemed as legal tender in Cook Islands itself.