Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Lion family
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
|---|---|
| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 5 Dollars |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Raphael David Maklouf, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, drop earrings, and a pearl necklace. The portrait is rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and regalia. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 1996 positioned at the bottom of the field. The engraver's initials RDM appear incuse on the truncation. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS RDM 1996 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued under Cook Islands' long-running wildlife commemorative program, which by the mid-1990s had become one of the Pacific's more prolific sources of collector-targeted silver rounds. These pieces were struck primarily for the numismatic market and saw no meaningful circulation — Cook Islands' formal currency needs were and remain met through New Zealand.
KM#302 is one of dozens of $5 issues from this period sharing near-identical specifications, making series attribution dependent on careful cross-referencing against Krause.