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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Fuleco
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted with a diadem and wearing a pearl earring, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the bust on the left, and COOK ISLANDS arcs along the right periphery. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation, with the date 2013 positioned at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 2013 |
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Fuleco was the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil — an armadillo species chosen partly to raise awareness of the three-banded armadillo, listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss in Brazil's Caatinga region. Cook Islands issued a substantial run of FIFA-licensed collector coins in the lead-up to 2014, this being one of several denominations in that series. The conservation angle was genuine; the three-banded armadillo had briefly become locally extinct in parts of its range before small population recoveries were recorded.