1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Vincent van Gogh

Part of a broad commemorative program issued through the New Zealand Mint on behalf of Cook Islands, this miniature gold piece was released around the centenary-adjacent wave of Van Gogh commercial interest that peaked in the early 2010s. Cook Islands has no meaningful connection to Van Gogh — the denomination is nominal, the face value irrelevant to the actual metal content, and the issuing authority essentially a licensing arrangement.

At 0.5 g of 14-karat gold, the piece contains roughly 0.0094 troy ounces of fine gold.