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3 Dollars 6th Festival of Pacific Arts
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Reverse description | Vignette of a traditional Polynesian fishing canoe under sail at left, with a stylised figure of the god Te-Rongo at centre, set against a multicoloured guilloche underprint. An overprint commemorating the 6th Festival of Pacific Arts reads: "6th Festival of Pacific Arts - Rarotonga, Cook Islands - October 16-27, 1992". |
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| Signature(s) | Thomas Davis |
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The 6th Festival of Pacific Arts was held in Rarotonga in October 1992 — the first time Cook Islands had hosted the event, which rotates among Pacific nations every four years. This $3 note was issued specifically for the occasion, an unusual denomination created purely as a commemorative rather than a functional currency unit. Cook Islands has a long history of issuing collector-oriented notes in non-standard denominations, and this piece fits squarely into that pattern.
Thomas Davis, who signed the note as Prime Minister, was a Harvard-trained physician who led the country intermittently across three decades. His signature here doubles as a political marker — he had returned to office only the year before.