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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Otters
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1990-1991 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Two otters depicted in naturalistic style occupying the central field: one standing upright on its hind legs facing left, the other seated to the right and facing left, with stylised water and aquatic vegetation including bulrushes rendered in the background. The legend ENDANGERED arcs along the upper left and WILDLIFE along the upper right, with the denomination 5 DOLLARS inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ENDANGERED WILDLIFE 5 DOLLARS |
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Cook Islands issued a wave of wildlife-themed copper-nickel five-dollar pieces in the early 1990s under a broader Pacific conservation coinage program — more fundraising vehicle than circulating currency. The otter subject likely references the sea otter, whose Pacific range gave regional issuers a plausible ecological claim on the motif.
KM#272 is one of dozens of similar issues from this period, when Cook Islands became a prolific source of collector-market coinage with little to no domestic circulation.