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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Victory Column
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule), selectively gold-plated to highlight the monument's column shaft, colonnaded drum base, and the gilded figure of Victoria atop the capital, rendered in fine relief against a frosted field. The surrounding background, engraved in detailed but ungilded silver, shows flanking tree-lined avenues, the Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) to the left, and elements of the city skyline. The arc legend 'GERMANY VICTORY COLUMN' runs along the upper periphery, the denomination '10 DOLLARS' appears in the lower exergue, and a 'WORLD MONUMENTS' globe logo is positioned in the right field. |
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The Victory Column in Berlin's Tiergarten was originally erected in 1873 to commemorate Prussian victories over Denmark, Austria, and France — the three wars that unified Germany under Bismarck. It was moved from its original position in front of the Reichstag to its current location by Albert Speer in 1939, enlarged by one drum section in the process, as part of Hitler's unrealized plan to rebuild Berlin as "Germania."
Cook Islands has issued extensively in the architectural commemorative market since the early 2000s, producing silver pieces for monuments well outside its own historical or geographic sphere.