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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Black-Faced Spoonbill
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, depicted with a diadem and wearing a necklace, set within a plain field. The legend ELIZABETH II runs along the left periphery, TEN DOLLARS arcs across the top, and COOK ISLANDS descends along the right. The date 2001 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | Asian Wildlife Series 黑脸琵鹭 $10 10 GRAMS .9999 GOLD Black-Faced Spoonbill |
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The Black-faced Spoonbill was estimated at fewer than 600 individuals surviving in the wild at the time this coin was issued, making it one of the most endangered waterbirds in Asia. Cook Islands leaned heavily on wildlife conservation themes for its bullion and collector programs around this period, partly as a revenue mechanism given the islands' limited domestic economy, and partly riding genuine international concern over Pacific Rim biodiversity loss following habitat destruction along the Yellow Sea migratory corridor.