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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Shiba Inu
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse lettering | 999·9 GOLD 1/30th OZ $5 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Cook Islands has operated as a prolific licensing hub for novelty bullion since the 1990s, issuing coins under New Zealand's administered currency framework that circulate in name only. This piece belongs to a wave of fractional gold issues produced in the early 2020s targeting cryptocurrency-adjacent collectors — the Shiba Inu breed having become inseparable from the DOGE and SHIB token markets after 2020's speculative frenzy drove the meme-coin sector to a combined market cap briefly exceeding $40 billion.
At 1.03 grams of .9999 fine gold, the actual bullion content barely clears a twentieth of a troy ounce.