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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Saturn at launch
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 27 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The truncated bust is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored field. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the upper left periphery, '1 DOLLAR' along the upper right, and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the right border, all in raised Latin lettering. The date '2009' appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of a broader commemorative program Cook Islands issued throughout the late 2000s targeting the collector novelty market, this piece marks the 1977 Voyager program launches — specifically the Saturn V-era imagery associated with NASA's deep space missions. Cook Islands held no particular relationship to the subject matter; the island authority was, by that point, a prolific licensor of themed coinage produced largely for the European and North American collector trade rather than domestic circulation.