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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Buffalo
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Central medallion bearing the fourth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, diademed and draped, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below the truncation. The surrounding field extends beyond the inner beaded border into a deeply sculpted panoramic scene depicting raptors — one perched on a nest amid bare branches at left and another in flight carrying prey at upper center — framed by detailed foliage at right. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left, 5 DOLLARS across the top, and COOK ISLANDS along the right of the inner circle, with the date 2021 appearing below the portrait in the exergue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Buffalo series from Cook Islands belongs to a crowded field of Pacific island-licensed bullion issues that exist primarily as vehicles for silver sales rather than as circulating currency. Cook Islands has issued coins under licensing arrangements for decades, with the actual minting handled by private facilities — in this case almost certainly the Mayer Mint or a comparable European contractor, not any Cook Islands facility.
KM#3060 places this squarely in a high-volume modern issue. Nothing in the production history distinguishes it from the run.