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| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II 60th BIRTHDAY 1926-1986 · ONE DOLLAR · |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands began issuing commemorative silver dollars in the early 1970s following self-governance in 1965, using the coinage program partly as a revenue mechanism — a practice common among smaller Pacific territories with limited tax bases. The 1986 issue falls within a period when the New Zealand dollar had already become the dominant transactional currency on the islands, making Cook Islands coinage effectively a collector product from the moment of striking.