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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Russian Blue Cat
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A central circular colored medallion depicting a front-facing portrait of a Russian Blue cat with distinctive blue-grey fur and vivid amber eyes, rendered in full color against a pale blue field. The central motif is framed by a raised annular border separating it from the outer legend ring. The inscription MAN'S BEST FRIENDS arcs along the upper periphery, while ONE DOLLAR is inscribed along the lower periphery, both in raised Latin capitals. The overall design is part of the Man's Best Friends series celebrating companion animals. |
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Cook Islands issued a long-running series of colored cat breed coins in the early 2000s, marketed almost entirely to thematic collectors rather than numismatists. The Russian Blue entry from 2003 was part of that program, produced in limited quantities by a private mint under license and never intended for any form of circulation on the islands themselves.
KM# 1024 is one of dozens of similar issues from this period where Cook Islands' nominal sovereignty was used as a legal issuing authority while actual production and distribution occurred entirely offshore.