Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, and by 2012 the program had expanded to include dozens of Titanic-themed pieces timed to the disaster's centenary. This particular issue is one of several in the "Abandon Ship" subset, each depicting a different episode from the night of April 14–15, 1912. The coins were struck for the collector market and almost certainly never circulated on Rarotonga.
Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1970s, and by 2012 the program had expanded to include dozens of Titanic-themed pieces timed to the disaster's centenary. This particular issue is one of several in the "Abandon Ship" subset, each depicting a different episode from the night of April 14–15, 1912. The coins were struck for the collector market and almost certainly never circulated on Rarotonga.