Cook Islands has issued an extraordinary volume of numismatic silver over the past three decades, most of it produced under licensing arrangements with the Pobjoy Mint or B.H. Mayer's Mint rather than any domestic striking facility — the islands have no mint of their own. The $5 denomination has served as the workhorse of this program since the 1980s, appearing in hundreds of themed wildlife and nature issues aimed squarely at the collector market and never intended for circulation.
KM#1699 sits within a crowded field of Cook Islands bird issues from the mid-2010s.
Cook Islands has issued an extraordinary volume of numismatic silver over the past three decades, most of it produced under licensing arrangements with the Pobjoy Mint or B.H. Mayer's Mint rather than any domestic striking facility — the islands have no mint of their own. The $5 denomination has served as the workhorse of this program since the 1980s, appearing in hundreds of themed wildlife and nature issues aimed squarely at the collector market and never intended for circulation.
KM#1699 sits within a crowded field of Cook Islands bird issues from the mid-2010s.