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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Ox
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Finely sculpted high-relief depiction commemorating the Chinese Lunar Year of the Ox, featuring a robust ox striding forward across a landscaped ground with rocks and grasses in the lower field. A young cowherd rides astride the animal's back, raising a whip aloft, with a flowing line extending toward a dragonfly in the upper right field. A blossoming peony branch in high relief fills the upper left quadrant. The Chinese character 牛 (ox) appears to the right of center, and the date 2009 is inscribed at the base of the design. |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative gold in substantial volume since the 1990s, largely through licensing arrangements with private minting houses — the issuing authority is nominal, with actual production typically contracted to external facilities. The Year of the Ox series appeared across multiple Pacific island jurisdictions simultaneously in 2009, a common practice that spreads production costs while generating separate SKUs for each issuing territory.
The 31.1g fine gold weight places this squarely in the one-troy-ounce bullion tier, though it was marketed as a proof commemorative rather than a bullion vehicle.