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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Eagle and Rattlesnake
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field, with COOK ISLANDS along the right, the denomination 5 DOLLARS at the top, and the date 2016 at the bottom. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver dollars under New Zealand's currency arrangements since the 1970s, and by 2016 the program had expanded into a sprawling catalog of wildlife-themed bullion pieces aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation. This piece falls squarely into that commercial run — struck at a third-party mint under license, with no connection to any Cook Islands monetary event or policy decision worth noting.
The KM#2414 reference places it within a sequence of similar issues from the same period, all sharing the one-troy-ounce .999 fine silver specification that became the de facto standard for this segment of the market after the American Silver Eagle normalized the format globally in 1986.