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5 Dollars - Charles III Spider
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Tribute effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, diademed and draped, positioned in the upper right quadrant of the field, with the engraver's initials below the bust. The remaining field is rendered with a textured, aerial-view background evocative of the Nazca plateau, upon which multiple miniature geoglyphs are depicted in low relief, each individually labelled in the field: Star, Hummingbird, Alcatraz, Condor, Spider, Monkey, Dog, and Tree, along with a stylised '7K' mark. The legend ELIZABETH II and 5 DOLLARS appears along the left arc, with COOK ISLANDS inscribed along the upper right arc. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 5 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS Star 7K IRB Hummingbird Alcatraz Condor Spider Monkey Dog Tree |
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Part of the ongoing "Magnificent Life" wildlife series issued through the New Zealand Mint on behalf of Cook Islands, this piece targets the collector bullion market rather than any circulation purpose — Cook Islands has used licensed third-party mint programs since the 1970s to generate numismatic revenue far exceeding the face value of the coins themselves. The Charles III obverse reflects the first update to Commonwealth coinage effigies following the death of Elizabeth II in September 2022, with many mints still working through transitional die inventories well into 2023.