5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Tina Maze

Tina Maze's 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics performance was statistically the most dominant in alpine skiing history — she accumulated more points in a single Olympic Games than any skier before her, taking gold in both the downhill and giant slalom. This Cook Islands issue was part of a broader wave of licensed athlete commemoratives produced through the New Zealand Mint, which held agreements with various national Olympic committees during the Sochi cycle. Cook Islands has no meaningful connection to alpine skiing; the issuing authority is essentially nominal, providing legal tender status to a product aimed squarely at the collector market.