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| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in high relief after the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim, with 1 DOLLAR across the upper field and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right rim. The date 2008 appears in the lower exergue beneath the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS 2008 |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars tied to British royal occasions since the 1970s, a pattern driven more by the collectibles market than by any constitutional obligation — the islands are self-governing in free association with New Zealand, not a Crown dependency. This piece marks the 1947 Westminster Abbey wedding, sixty-one years after the fact.