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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Easter Chick
| Issuer | Cook Islands Government |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 25 g |
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| Obverse description | Egg-shaped silver flan bearing the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted as a right-facing draped bust wearing a tiara, with the legend ELIZABETH II arching along the upper left and COOK ISLANDS arching along the upper right of the field. The denomination 5 DOLLARS appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. The design is set within the smooth oval field characteristic of this egg-shaped issue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands built a substantial revenue stream from novelty commemorative issues in the 2000s, licensing themed designs to international minting distributors — primarily the Coin Invest Trust network operating out of Liechtenstein. The Easter Chick dollar falls squarely in that category: a bullion-adjacent collectible produced for the European gift market rather than Pacific circulation, with Cook Islands' nominal authority providing the legal tender framework.
KM#685 is one of dozens of similarly structured issues from this period. Mintages were typically capped low to support secondary market pricing, though precise figures for individual releases in this series are inconsistently documented across standard references.