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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Regalskeppet Vasa
| Issuer | Cook Islands Government |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing a tiara, drop earring, and pearl necklace with a draped and decorated bodice. The legend ELIZABETH II runs along the left periphery, while COOK ISLANDS is inscribed vertically along the right periphery. The date 2006 appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. The design is rendered in high relief against a polished field with a beaded border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 2006 |
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The Vasa sank on her maiden voyage in August 1628, roughly 1,300 meters into Stockholm harbor, killing as many as 30 of those aboard. The Swedish warship was grotesquely top-heavy — a second gun deck had been added late in construction on the orders of King Gustav II Adolf, and no one with authority dared tell him the design was fatally compromised. She sat on the harbor floor for 333 years before being raised in 1961, intact enough to become the centerpiece of a dedicated Stockholm museum.
Cook Islands issued numerous collector-oriented dollar pieces during this period under licensing arrangements common to small Pacific island administrations generating revenue through numismatic programs rather than circulation.