1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Princess Diana of Wales

Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars under licensing arrangements that have produced hundreds of distinct types since the 1970s, most with no connection to Cook Islands history whatsoever. This piece marks the 50th anniversary of Diana Spencer's birth. The gold plating on copper-nickel blanks of this weight and diameter places it squarely in the mass-market commemorative category produced for collector retail rather than circulation — Cook Islands' nominal face value gives it technical legal tender status, but no one has ever spent one.