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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th portrait
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed high-relief depiction of a elongated spiral marine gastropod shell (turritella or auger-type) oriented diagonally across the coin's field, with naturalistic ribbing and textural detail rendered by engraver Horst Hahne. The denomination '$5' appears in large numerals in the upper right field. The plain dodecagonal border frames the composition without additional legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands coinage has always occupied an odd administrative space — the islands are self-governing in free association with New Zealand, meaning Elizabeth II appears on the coinage not as a Commonwealth formality but as the actual head of state under the Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964. The fourth portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley, was adopted progressively across Commonwealth territories from 1998 onward, with individual jurisdictions updating their coin series on different schedules.
KM#418 appears to have seen limited circulation demand given the islands' small population of under 20,000.