2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Indian Pitta

Part of Cook Islands' long-running wildlife series issued through the early 2000s, this piece was produced under the monetary arrangement that allows Cook Islands to issue its own coinage while remaining in free association with New Zealand. The Indian Pitta — a migratory passerine ranging from the Indian subcontinent into Southeast Asia — has no particular connection to the Cook Islands themselves, a geographic liberty the issuer took routinely across this series.