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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Kruzenstern
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#671 |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 5 DOLLARS |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Kruzenstern — originally launched as the Padua in 1926 for a German nitrate shipping company — was seized by the Soviet Union as war reparations in 1946 and renamed after the Baltic German admiral who led Russia's first circumnavigation in 1803–1806. She still operates as a sail training vessel out of Kaliningrad, making her one of the last working four-masted barques afloat. Cook Islands ship series issues of this period were produced by the Pobjoy Mint under licensing arrangements, with the islands' geographical remoteness making them a convenient issuing authority for themed collector programs bearing no relation to local commerce.