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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Fidelity, Love and Family
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished dark field. The portrait, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, is identified by the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right rim, with the denomination 5 DOLLARS inscribed along the lower rim in bold serif lettering. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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The "Fidelity, Love and Family" series was part of a broader wave of themed collector silver issued through the Cook Islands' licensing arrangement with the Pobjoy Mint and similar private minting houses — a structure that has made Cook Islands one of the most prolific nominal issuers of commemorative coinage despite having a local population under 20,000. The islands retain New Zealand currency for everyday commerce, meaning these pieces were never intended for circulation and exist entirely within the collector market.
KM# 1774 sits in a catalog so dense with Cook Islands issues from this decade that attribution errors are common among dealers.