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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II First Stock Exchange in Bruges
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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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 arcs to the left of the portrait and COOK ISLANDS arcs to the right, both following the curved inner border of the rectangular flan. The denomination 2 DOLLARS is inscribed in the lower field beneath the bust. The mirrored proof field provides a stark, reflective contrast to the finely detailed portrait. |
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| Mintage | 2015 - Proof |
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The claim that Bruges hosted the world's first stock exchange rests on the gatherings of merchants at the inn of the Van der Beurse family in the late 13th and early 14th centuries — the family name itself giving rise to the word "beurs," and eventually "bourse," still the term for stock exchanges across continental Europe. Whether it constituted a true exchange in the modern sense is debated, but Bruges' role as the dominant trading hub of northwestern Europe in that period is not.