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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Nokota Horse
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a centrally placed inset disc bearing the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait with the Queen wearing a tiara and a draped neckline. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left, 5 DOLLARS along the top, and COOK ISLANDS along the right of the inset disc, with the engraver's initials IRB below the portrait and the date 2022 at the base. Surrounding the inset disc, the broader coin field is sculpted in high relief and depicts a naturalistic wildlife scene featuring a large grizzly bear facing right in the foreground and a smaller bear to the lower right, set among a textured rocky and forested landscape. The outer rim of the coin is reeded, and the overall composition creates a striking layered visual effect contrasting the formal royal portrait with the expansive wilderness scene. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Nokota is a feral horse breed native to the badlands of southwestern North Dakota, descended from animals left behind after the U.S. Army's campaign against Sitting Bull's Lakota in the 1880s. The breed nearly disappeared entirely when Theodore Roosevelt National Park fenced off grazing land in the 1950s, collapsing the population to fewer than a hundred animals by the 1980s. Brothers Frank and Leo Kuntz spent decades lobbying for their preservation before North Dakota finally designated the Nokota its state equine in 1993.
Cook Islands has issued under KM# 1971 as part of a broader wildlife series relying heavily on the New Zealand Mint for production.