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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II The Viking
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-color applied image of the NASA Viking spacecraft, depicted in three-quarter view with its distinctive parabolic high-gain antenna, solar panels, and lander module rendered in polychrome enamel against a black field. A ring of small five-pointed stars encircles the central design along the inner border. The legend 'ONE SMALL STEP' arcs along the upper periphery in gilt lettering, while the commemorative dates '1969' and '2009' flank a central star at the base, marking the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. |
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The Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, with design and distribution largely handled by outside minting agencies rather than any domestic monetary authority. This Viking issue is part of a broad series of world history and explorer-themed pieces produced for the collector market, not circulation. The coins are legal tender in name only — Cook Islands has no infrastructure to redeem them, and none were ever intended to reach a cash register.