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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II U.S. Buffalo gold
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2018-2023 |
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| Diameter | 32.7 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | COOK ISLANDS 2018 IRB COPY |
| Reverse description | A massive American bison stands in three-quarter left profile on a rocky ground line, faithfully reproducing James Earle Fraser's iconic reverse design from the United States Buffalo Nickel. The legend 'A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES' arcs along the upper periphery, while the word 'LIBERTY' appears in the lower left field. The denomination '$5' is inscribed in the lower exergue beneath the ground line. |
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This fractional gold piece is essentially a licensed replica product — Cook Islands has long operated as a sovereign issuer-for-hire, lending its legal tender framework to bullion and novelty coin programs designed and marketed entirely for the collector trade. The piece carries face value purely as a jurisdictional formality; no one has ever spent one in Rarotonga.
At 0.2 grams of .9999 gold, the actual metal content is negligible — roughly one-fifteenth of a standard sovereign. The 32.7mm diameter exists to give the piece physical presence the metal weight alone could never justify.