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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Great Tea Race
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the effigy modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II to the left and 2 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS to the upper right, with the date 2016 positioned in the lower exergual area. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. The fields are mirror-polished in proof finish, contrasting with the finely struck portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 2 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS 2016 IRB |
| Reverse description | High-relief depiction of two clipper ships under full sail in close contest upon a choppy sea, rendered after the oil painting by British maritime artist Jack Spurling commemorating the Great Tea Race of 1866. The scene captures the dramatic near-simultaneous arrival of the competing vessels in the English Channel, with billowing sails and dynamic rigging faithfully reproduced in exceptional sculptural relief. The legend THE GREAT TEA RACE OF 1866 is inscribed along the upper or lower periphery of the reverse field. |
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