1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Goat

The Lunar New Year series issued through Cook Islands licensing arrangements reflects a well-established pattern in the commemorative bullion market: a sovereign issuer lends its name and legal-tender status to coins designed, marketed, and distributed almost entirely by external minting houses. The 2015 Goat issue falls within the second cycle of the 12-year Chinese zodiac sequence, the first modern cycle having begun in the 1990s. Cook Islands itself uses the New Zealand dollar for everyday commerce.