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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II The Golden Falcon
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, after the effigy designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim and 1 DOLLAR along the upper right, with COOK ISLANDS continuing along the right field. The date 2013 appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Colorized central field depicting a golden falcon perched atop an ancient Egyptian pedestal or standard, set against a panoramic scene of the River Nile with the pyramids of Giza visible on the horizon under a warm sky. The inner border of the coin features a series of incuse Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols arranged in a decorative ring surrounding the colored scene. The legend TREASURES OF ANCIENT EGYPT arcs along the upper rim in raised Latin lettering against a dark background. |
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The Cook Islands has operated one of the Pacific's most prolific commemorative coin programs since the 1970s, issuing currency under New Zealand monetary arrangements while retaining full authority to contract private mints — primarily B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Germany — for collector pieces with no realistic circulation intent. The Golden Falcon belongs squarely to that category: a gold-plated copper issue produced for the souvenir market under legal tender face value technically valid on islands with a combined population under 20,000.