Tag: Cook Islands
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1974 Cook Islands 1 Cent
A large taro leaf on a small coin Cook Islands We covered some of the history of the Cook Islands previously with the iconic triangular $2 coin. Briefly, they are a series of remote Pacific islands, populated by explorers from other island countries over 1,500 years ago. First European contact was with the Spanish in…
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2010 Cook Islands $2
A circulating triangular coin Cook Islands (Map of the Pacific highlighting the location of the Cook Islands, from Wikipedia). The Cook Islands are a group of 15 islands in the Pacific. On a map, look east in line with the northern tip of Australia, and south in line with Hawaii. The first explorers arrived on…