1987 Cook Islands Proof And Uncirculated Sets

I am having trouble uploading the photos so here is a link to a folder with all photos. https://drive.google.com/drive/fold...EoZzoPs8PbX_

Cook Islands used the British pound until 1933 and then the New Zealand one.

In 1967 they adopted the New Zealand dollar as their own in decimalisation and in 1972 they got their own coinage, pegged to the New Zealand dollar.

The first coins from 1972 to 1985 had different designs from the post 1987 coins which had Tene on them.

In 1990 they got $2 and $5 dollar coins and in 2015 the 10c, 20c and 50c coins were shrunk in size and made out of stainless steel like NZ.

The Cook Islands $ has parity with New Zealand. They use their own currency as well - they have $3, $10, $20 and $50 notes.



Cook Islands $2 coin showing a mortar and pestle for grinding taro or copra.



The earlier 50 cents of the Cook Islands showing a bonito

There was a 1970 $1 coin issued by New Zealand in the name of the Cook Islands, but this is counted as a New Zealand coin.



I state this as many confuse it as a Cook Islands coin.