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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Emperor of California
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace, as modelled by engraver Raphael David Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field, COOK ISLANDS along the right field, and the date 2006 appears in the lower exergue. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Johann Sutter, the man commemorated here, holds one of history's more ironic positions: the California Gold Rush that made the United States rich began on his land in January 1848 and promptly destroyed him. Squatters overran his New Helvetia estate, his workers abandoned the fields for the diggings, and his livestock was slaughtered. He died in 1880, still petitioning Congress for compensation that never came.
Cook Islands issued this piece under their "Emperor of California" title — a reference to Sutter's self-styled dominion over the Sacramento Valley before the discovery upended everything he'd built.