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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Pterodactyl
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS IRB 2014 |
| Reverse description | A central full-color printed scene depicts a pterodactyl in flight with broad amber-hued wings spread wide, soaring above a prehistoric landscape under a warm sunset sky with distant mountains. Surrounding the central color vignette, the gold-plated field features relief-engraved depictions of various dinosaurs including a Tyrannosaurus rex at lower left, a Brachiosaurus at right, a Triceratops at lower right, and fossilized skeletal remains at the base. The legend AGE OF THE DINOSAUR arcs along the upper rim in raised lettering. |
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Cook Islands has operated one of the most prolific novelty coin programs in the Pacific, licensing its sovereign issuing authority to European minting houses — primarily the Austrian Mint and several Polish producers — since the 1990s. This piece is a product of that arrangement rather than any domestic monetary policy decision. It never circulated and was never intended to.