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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | At center, a raised inner circle contains the diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the designer's initials IRB truncated at the bust. Surrounding the effigy in the broader field is a detailed high-relief sculptural scene depicting a bald eagle nest atop a gnarled tree at left, with adult eagles perched among nestlings, while a second eagle in full flight approaches from the upper right carrying a fish in its talons. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left, 5 DOLLARS across the top, and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 2021 at the base. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative wildlife silver under its own authority since the 1970s, when New Zealand's administration made room for independent monetary legislation — a jurisdictional quirk that has since made the islands one of the most prolific licensing issuers in the modern commemorative market. The Rocky Mountain Bighorn series sits squarely in that commercial tradition, produced for collector distribution rather than any domestic circulation purpose.
KM#3075 is one of hundreds of Cook Islands wildlife issues cataloged within a few years of each other, distinguished primarily by the specific fauna selected for licensing rather than any minting anomaly.