5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Chimpanzee

Cook Islands issued a sprawling series of wildlife-themed five-dollar coins in the late 1980s and early 1990s under licensing arrangements that had little to do with local fauna or Cook Islands policy — the series was largely a product of the international commemorative coin market, designed and distributed for collector sale rather than circulation. The chimpanzee issue falls squarely into this category.

KM#810 is one of dozens of types from this run, most sharing the same copper-nickel planchet specifications.