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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Shocking News
| Issuer | Government of the Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar 1 NZD = RSD 59 |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS 2012 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Shocking News" dollar belongs to a Cook Islands novelty series that exploited the territory's willingness to license its minting authority to third-party producers — a longstanding arrangement that has made Cook Islands coinage a vehicle for commemorative and themed issues with little connection to the islands themselves. These pieces circulate almost nowhere and are produced almost entirely for the collector novelty market.