Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver dollars prolifically since the 1970s, and the market is saturated with small-format issues of this type. This one marks Elizabeth II's 90th birthday in 2016 — the same milestone celebrated across dozens of Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth mints simultaneously, making it one of the more redundant entries in that year's commemorative calendar.
Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver dollars prolifically since the 1970s, and the market is saturated with small-format issues of this type. This one marks Elizabeth II's 90th birthday in 2016 — the same milestone celebrated across dozens of Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth mints simultaneously, making it one of the more redundant entries in that year's commemorative calendar.