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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Immaculate Conception
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, set within a mirror-polished rectangular field with rounded corners. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left border and COOK ISLANDS along the right border, both in Latin capitals. The denomination 5 DOLLARS appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. The overall design is rendered in high relief against a brilliant proof-quality background. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Spanish Steps in Rome, flanked on the left by a small gilt papal arms and a cross-like ornamental motif set with five crystals. To the right, a gilt statue of the Virgin Mary holding a circular laurel wreath is depicted in fine detail. The design commemorates the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, with the date 8 DECEMBRIS 2007 featured prominently in the legend. Surrounding inscriptions in Latin capitals reference the Immaculate Conception, completing the devotional composition. |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative religious series under its own authority since the 1970s, a function of the self-governing territory's right to produce legal tender independent of New Zealand. The Immaculate Conception doctrine — formally defined by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus in 1854 — had been debated within Catholic theology for centuries before that declaration, making it one of the longer-contested dogmas to reach official definition.
The irregular dimensions indicate a shaped or icon-format planchet, a format Cook Islands employed extensively in the mid-2000s for religious and devotional issues targeting the collector market through licensed distribution in Europe.