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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Roman Army
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as rendered by engraver Ian Rank-Broadley. The truncated bust is depicted in fine detail with naturalistic hair and facial features against a mirror-like proof field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left periphery and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR inscribed along the lower exergual border. |
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| Reverse description | Full-color printed central design depicting a Roman legionary in three-quarter view, clad in lorica segmentata with a red paludamentum cloak and plumed Gallic helmet, brandishing a gladius in his right hand and bearing a decorated scutum shield bearing winged motifs in his left. Behind him rises a Roman aquila standard atop a plinth inscribed SPQR, set against a warm pastel sky. The inscription LV BC · BRITANNIA · AD CDX arcs along the upper border in gilded Latin characters, with THE ROMAN ARMY inscribed in the right field and the date 2010 at the base. |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars under licensing arrangements that have little connection to the island's own history or economy — this piece, celebrating the Roman army, is a product of that collector-market pipeline rather than any meaningful numismatic tradition. The gold plating over copper-nickel was a cost-reduction formula that became widespread among Pacific island commemorative issuers after the mid-2000s, allowing distributors to market pieces with the visual appeal of gold at a fraction of the bullion cost.