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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Wedge-tailed Eagle
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II and COOK ISLANDS is inscribed in two lines across the upper field, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR and date 2016 centered in the lower field. The design is set within a rectangular flan with rounded corners and a plain, polished field. |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, finely engraved depiction of a Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) with wings fully spread, launching into flight from a bare branch rendered in the lower right field. The bird is portrayed with exceptional naturalistic detail, its broad wingspan dominating the rectangular flan and its hooked beak turned to the left. A rectangular cartouche in the lower left field bears the date 2016 and the inscriptions ONE TROY OUNCE and 99.9 SILVER. An engraver's signature appears in the lower right field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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