200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Ox

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.