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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Horse
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Fan-shaped flan with a mirror-polished black field framed by a decorative braided gilt border. At centre, a gold-plated galloping horse rendered in high relief faces right, with flowing mane and tail, set above a finely engraved silver grassy foreground. To the left, a stylised silver tree with leafy branches occupies the field. The date 2014 is inscribed in the right portion of the field. |
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Cook Islands has issued lunar series dollars under New Zealand's monetary umbrella since the 1990s, leveraging its self-governing status to produce commemorative coinage that never circulates domestically. The 2014 Horse issue falls within a crowded field of Pacific island lunar pieces from this period, all competing for the same collector base and largely indistinguishable in provenance from similar issues by Niue, Tuvalu, and Tokelau.