5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Henrik Lundqvist

Lundqvist spent his entire NHL career with the New York Rangers, retiring in 2021 after 15 seasons — a loyalty to one franchise increasingly rare in modern professional hockey. This coin was issued the year he surpassed Patrick Roy's record for most wins by a European-born goaltender, a milestone that had stood since Roy's retirement in 2003.

Cook Islands has been a prolific issuer of licensed sports commemoratives since the 2000s, producing these rounds largely for the collector market rather than any domestic circulation purpose.