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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II National Reserve 'Khortytsia'
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, with a small earring visible and draped shoulders. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field and COOK ISLANDS arcs along the upper right field. The denomination 5 DOLLARS is inscribed in the lower field below the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | Central composition featuring three ancient Scythian stone idols (babas) of varying sizes arranged in the foreground amid rocky terrain, with a large modern road bridge spanning the Dnieper River depicted in the background to the right, and a deciduous tree to the left. The date 2009 appears to the left of the central design. The Cyrillic legend ДВАНАДЦЯТЬ ЧУДЕС УКРАЇНИ (Twelve Wonders of Ukraine) arcs along the upper field, while НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ ЗАПОВІДНИК 'ХОРТИЦЯ' (National Reserve 'Khortytsia') is inscribed along the lower field. |
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Khortytsia is a large island in the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine and served as the principal stronghold of the Zaporozhian Cossacks from the sixteenth century onward. The Cook Islands issued a number of these National Reserve collector pieces in the late 2000s under licensing arrangements that had nothing to do with the depicted geography — a common commercial practice for the island nation, whose mint program has long generated revenue well beyond what domestic demand could justify.