100 Dollars - Charles III Tiger

Cook Islands has become one of the more prolific issuers of large-format silver bullion pieces under licensing arrangements that have little to do with the islands themselves — the coins are struck under contract, typically in facilities far from the Pacific, and the issuing authority functions largely as a legal vehicle for the program. The Tiger series follows a well-established commercial format for kilo silver issues targeting Asian collector markets, where the tiger carries considerable cultural weight tied to the Chinese zodiac cycle.

At .9999 fineness, this sits above the traditional .999 standard that dominated the kilo silver market for decades — a specification shift driven by competition with Canadian and Australian mint programs after 2010.