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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Peregrine falcon
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the third portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the effigy to the left and COOK ISLANDS to the right, both following the coin's inner border. The date 1991 appears in the lower exergue beneath the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief depiction of a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched upright on a rocky outcrop, facing left, with finely rendered barred plumage on the breast and wings. The legend ENDANGERED WILDLIFE arcs around the upper portion of the field, divided by the bird's form, while the denomination 5 DOLLARS appears in the lower exergue, flanked by two small decorative dots. |
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Cook Islands issued a flurry of commemorative copper-nickel crowns in the late 1980s and early 1990s under licensing arrangements that had little to do with the islands themselves — the Peregrine falcon is native to no part of Polynesia. These pieces were produced almost entirely for the collector market, distributed through third-party dealers, and saw no meaningful circulation on the islands nominally responsible for them.