Cook Islands 2021 5 dollars KM-3086

Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 33156

This specimen was lot 33156 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COOK ISLANDS. 5 Dollars, 2021. Elizabeth II. GEM UNCIRCULATED. Mintage: Roman Empire series: Brutus. Struck in antiqued silver, this issue channels one of the most famous Roman coins ever--the Eid Mar Denarius of Brutus (a type that alludes to the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.)." The edition of the SCWC in our possession does not list this issue so we take the auctioneer's attribution on faith. The private mint in Liechtenstein which held the concession from the Cook Islands issued a series of "Numismatic Icons" which included this design, an Athenian owl and denarii of Aurelian, Hadrian, Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Constantine, Tiberius, Titus, Trajan and Valentinian III.

Recorded mintage: 500.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, 1 oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-3086.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Cook Islands 2017 5 dollars "Tempora mutantur"
• 2021 5 dollars, tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks
• Coins and currency dated 2021