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| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 31.103 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 DOLLAR 龍門 洛陽紅 |
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The Red Peony dollar belongs to a wave of colorized silver issues the Cook Islands licensing arrangement with the New Zealand-based coin marketing industry produced throughout the 2000s — coins struck not for circulation but sold directly to collectors through subscription programs. Cook Islands has no meaningful domestic coin circulation of its own, making it a convenient issuing authority for commemorative programs with no pretense of monetary use. The KM# 1059 reference places it squarely within a crowded catalog of similar themed issues from the same period.