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2 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1972-1983 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the second portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as modelled by Arnold Machin. The Queen is depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with elaborately styled hair and a draped truncation. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left field and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the right, with the date of issue centred below the portrait in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands gained self-governance in free association with New Zealand in 1965, and the first decimal coinage series — including this piece — followed in 1972, replacing the New Zealand currency that had circulated on the islands. The series was struck at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. Arnold Machin's second portrait of Elizabeth II, introduced across Commonwealth coinages from 1968, was already aging out of favor by the time this series closed in 1983, when Raphael Maklouf's third effigy began replacing it across the region.