25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Sari Multala

Cook Islands has issued commemorative gold in volume since the 1970s, much of it targeting the collector market with little connection to the islands themselves. Sari Multala — the Finnish canoeist who won gold at the 2006 European Championships — has no obvious tie to the Cook Islands, and her appearance here reflects the territory's long-standing practice of licensing athlete likenesses for third-party collector coins with nominal Pacific island authority behind them.