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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Formosan Golden Hen
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1619 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with a pearl drop earring and necklace visible, as modeled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the denomination $2 positioned at the base below the truncation. The engraver's initials IRB appear on the truncation. A fine beaded inner border frames the polished proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB $2 |
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The Formosan golden hen — more accurately a color form of the Taiwan blue pheasant, Lophura swinhoii — was named after Robert Swinhoe, the British consul at Formosa who first described the species scientifically in 1862. Cook Islands' early 2000s wildlife series leaned heavily on endangered and regionally significant Asian fauna, a strategy that made the islands one of the most prolific commemorative issuers of that decade despite having no direct biological connection to the subjects depicted.