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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Roe Deer
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2161 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) depicted in a naturalistic forest setting amid tall trees, undergrowth, and moss-covered rocks. The foreground buck is rendered in full polychrome color, standing alert and facing the viewer, while a second deer in the background is shown in uncolored relief moving through the woodland scene. The foliage and ground vegetation are highlighted with selective color application in greens and earth tones. The legend ROE DEER appears in Gothic blackletter script across the upper field, with the series inscription WORLD OF HUNTING and an oak-leaf motif positioned centrally below it, and the date 2014 in the lower exergue. |
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Cook Islands has issued wildlife-themed silver pieces in volume since the late 1980s, largely aimed at the collector and bullion gift market rather than any domestic circulation. The Roe Deer issue falls squarely into that commercial program — the species has no geographic or historical connection to the Cook Islands, and the $2 denomination bears no relationship to actual purchasing power on Rarotonga.
The KM#2161 assignment places it within a catalog sequence numbering well into the thousands, reflecting just how many such pieces the islands have authorized through external minting arrangements.