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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Cobb and Co.
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A full-color applied depiction of a Cobb & Co. horse-drawn stagecoach in motion, drawn by four galloping horses and carrying numerous passengers both inside and atop the red carriage. The colorized central vignette is superimposed over a large milled wagon wheel rendered in relief against a dark field, whose spokes radiate across the entire reverse. The bold legend COBB & CO appears along the right-hand spokes of the wheel, with the commemorative dates 1854 - 2004 arching along the upper border and the inscription 1 OZ .999 SILVER along the lower border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cobb & Co. was Australia's dominant coaching and freight company from the 1850s through the early twentieth century, operating thousands of miles of routes across terrain that defeated most competitors. The American founders — originally from New England — imported Concord coaches and adapted them to outback conditions, eventually building a network that outlasted the American staging industry by decades. By the time horse-drawn coaching collapsed under rail and automobile pressure, Cobb & Co. had become deeply embedded in colonial mythology.
Cook Islands issued extensively in this period under licensing arrangements, producing commemorative silver crowns for the collector market rather than circulation.