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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Trans-Siberian Railway
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 2016 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Trans-Siberian Railway took 25 years to complete, with construction beginning in 1891 under Tsar Alexander III and final through-routing achieved only after the Circum-Baikal loop opened in 1904. At over 9,200 kilometers, it remains the longest railway line in the world and was primarily driven by military and colonial logic — Saint Petersburg needed a way to move troops to the Far East after chronic anxieties about Japanese expansion in Manchuria proved entirely justified in 1905.
Cook Islands has been a prolific issuer of high-denomination gold collector pieces through the New Zealand–administered territory framework. The 155.5g specification places this coin at exactly five troy ounces.