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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Brook Trout
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | AMERICAN STATE ANIMALS MICHIGAN BROOK TROUT |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands has operated as a prolific commemorative issuer for decades, licensing its monetary authority to third-party minting programs with little connection to the islands themselves. This brook trout piece belongs squarely in that tradition — a coin produced for the collector market, almost certainly by a European contract mint, bearing Cook Islands authority primarily because the jurisdiction offers favorable licensing terms.
The brook trout (*Salvelinus fontinalis*) is native to eastern North America, which underscores how purely commercial this issue is.