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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Black Wolf
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Dominating the upper portion of the reverse is a large, color-applied depiction of a snarling black wolf with vivid yellow eyes and bared fangs, its head emerging dramatically against a polished mirrored field. In the right middle field, the stylized title legend reads 'Niko & The Way to the Stars' in a cinematic typeface. Below the wolf, a matte-finished engraved landscape scene depicts a silhouetted pack of wolves traversing a wintry terrain beneath a full moon, flanked by rocky formations and coniferous trees rendered in low relief. A frozen river or icy foreground extends across the lower field, reinforcing the atmospheric Nordic setting. The imagery relates to the Finnish-Irish animated film 'Niko & the Way to the Stars' (2008). |
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| Mintage | 2010 - Proof - 3,500 |
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The Black Wolf dollar is part of a broad Cook Islands wildlife series that proliferated in the late 2000s, when the islands' government — working through authorized minting agents in Europe — aggressively expanded its commemorative program as a revenue source. Cook Islands has no indigenous wolf population; the subject is purely a marketing decision aimed at collector themes rather than any national or natural heritage connection.
KM#740 was struck at limited mintage under contract, almost certainly at a European facility rather than any Pacific mint.