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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Franz Peter Schubert
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, occupying the central field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim, with COOK ISLANDS descending along the right rim. The date 2014 appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. The designer's initials IRB are incused below the truncation of the neck. |
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| Reverse description | Central portrait of composer Franz Peter Schubert rendered in fine relief, accompanied by a depiction of a piano keyboard extending across the lower field. A facsimile of Schubert's autograph signature appears within the design, alongside a representation of the Lichtental Parish Church in Vienna, the church where Schubert was baptised. The legend FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT · 1797-1828 arcs along the upper rim, with the denomination 2 DOLLARS inscribed in the lower field. |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver in Franz Schubert's name before, but this 2014 piece falls in the year marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Wiener Musikverein — the concert hall most closely associated with Schubert's posthumous reputation. His music was almost entirely unknown during his lifetime; the first complete scholarly edition of his works wasn't undertaken until the 1880s, decades after his death at 31.