1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Goat

The Cook Islands has issued lunar series coinage under licensing arrangements that route design and distribution through external minting operations — primarily the Perth Mint and various European houses — with the Cook Islands government lending its authority as issuer largely as a jurisdictional convenience. The 2015 Goat corresponds to the Year of the Wood Goat in the sexagenary cycle, a 60-year system that pairs one of five elements with each of the twelve animals.

KM# 1974 is one of dozens of collector-market issues the Cook Islands authorized that year, most with mintages controlled by the distributor rather than any sovereign monetary body.