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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Pink and Grey Galah
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear in the lower field beneath the bust. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the upper left rim and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the upper right rim. The denomination '5 DOLLARS' is inscribed along the lower rim. The portrait exhibits finely detailed hair and crown work characteristic of the fourth definitive effigy used on Commonwealth coinage. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The galah — Eolophus roseicapilla — is native to mainland Australia, not the Cook Islands, which has no indigenous parrot species. Its appearance here reflects the broader Pacific island commemorative market of the 2010s, where Perth Mint-affiliated programs regularly issued Australian wildlife coinage under Cook Islands authority to exploit that territory's more flexible licensing arrangements while still trading on Australian subject matter.