5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Harlequin and Artemon

Artemon of Cassandreia — recorded by Athenaeus as the personal reader to Cleopatra VII — is an obscure enough figure that his appearance here, paired with the harlequin theatrical tradition, signals this as part of a broader Cook Islands commemorative program exploiting numismatic collector markets rather than any coherent historical theme. Cook Islands has issued hundreds of such .999 silver rounds under nominal face values since the 1990s, functioning essentially as bullion collectibles with legal-tender cover provided by New Zealand's administration of the islands' currency arrangements.