5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Little Red Riding Hood

Part of the broader "Fairy Tale" series issued through the New Zealand Mint on behalf of Cook Islands, this coin belongs to a collector-driven licensing program that expanded aggressively in the early 2010s as Pacific island nations increasingly monetized their minting rights. Cook Islands itself has no meaningful domestic coin circulation; the numismatic program exists almost entirely as a revenue mechanism, with the New Zealand Mint acting as the practical issuing authority behind the sovereign name.

KM#2092 is one of dozens of similar 31.1g issues from this period, distinguished primarily by its colorized finish applied after striking.