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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Formosan Landlocked Salmon
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Reverse lettering | Oncorhynchus masou formosanum 櫻花鉤吻鮭 50¢ Asian Wildlife Series |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands has issued wildlife-themed coinage under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, with many pieces targeting the thematic collector market rather than domestic circulation — the islands' own population has never exceeded roughly 20,000. The Formosan landlocked salmon, Oncorhynchus masou formosanus, is a glacial relict population confined to a single river system in Taiwan's central mountains, listed as critically endangered with wild counts that have at times fallen below 200 individuals.
The species' survival became a flashpoint in Taiwanese conservation politics during the 1990s.