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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Hedgehog in the Fog
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the neck. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left field, '5 DOLLARS' along the upper field, and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the right field, all in raised Latin lettering against a deeply mirrored proof field. The date '2011' is inscribed at the base of the coin below the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 5 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS IRB 2011 |
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Hedgehog in the Fog is a 1975 Soviet animated film directed by Yuri Norstein, widely regarded by animators and critics — including Hayao Miyazaki — as one of the greatest animated films ever made. The Cook Islands issued this piece as part of a broader wave of novelty collector silver that flooded the market in the early 2010s, much of it produced by the Bode Miller Mint and distributed through European dealers targeting the Eastern European nostalgia market, where Norstein's film retains genuine cultural weight.