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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II The name day
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 5 DOLLARS |
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| Reverse lettering | С ДНЕМ АНГЕЛА |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver in volume since the 1970s, much of it targeting the collector market rather than any domestic monetary need. "The Name Day" belongs to a category of thematic issues produced under license arrangements common to small Pacific island states, where the nominal issuer has little direct involvement in design or distribution — the coins are effectively minted for and sold to overseas collectors.
The .925 silver specification at 20 grams places this squarely in the modern bullion-adjacent commemorative format that Franklin Mint and its successors popularized from the 1980s onward.