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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Tomb Wall Paintings
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Weight | 27 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modeled by engraver Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim, with 1 DOLLAR at the upper right and COOK ISLANDS along the right field. The date 2013 is inscribed at the bottom of the field, set against a deeply mirrored prooflike background. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS IRB 2013 |
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Cook Islands became a favored issuer for themed collector series precisely because its currency agreement with New Zealand allows it to produce legal tender without any obligation to actually circulate it — a bureaucratic convenience that opened the door to an entire industry of novelty issues. This piece belongs to a wave of Egyptian-themed commemoratives produced in the early 2010s, when several small-nation mints flooded the collector market with gold-plated copper issues tied to Egyptology, effectively trading on the renewed public interest following major touring exhibitions of Tutankhamun artifacts.
Demand for these series peaked and collapsed within a few years.