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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Sherlock Holmes
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A full-color photographic-style portrait of Sherlock Holmes occupies the central field, depicting the iconic fictional detective in three-quarter view, wearing his signature deerstalker cap and holding a curved pipe to his lips, dressed in a tweed cape coat with a cravat. The legend ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES arcs along the upper border, with the denomination 1oz to the lower left and the purity mark 999 SILVER to the lower right, all framed by a beaded inner border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, and by the 2000s the program had expanded aggressively into pop-culture and literary subjects. The Sherlock Holmes issue falls squarely in that commercial phase — produced for the collector market with no circulation intent whatsoever. Arthur Conan Doyle's estate had limited control over Holmes imagery by 2007, the character having entered public domain in most jurisdictions well before the coin's release.