Part of a Cook Islands planetary series issued in 2009, these coins were produced under the standard financial arrangement that has made the islands one of the most prolific issuing authorities in the modern commemorative market — the government licenses its name and currency authority to overseas minting operations, primarily European, while retaining nominal sovereignty over the issue. The arrangement generates revenue without requiring any local minting infrastructure.
KM#787 is a collector-market piece with no circulation history.
Part of a Cook Islands planetary series issued in 2009, these coins were produced under the standard financial arrangement that has made the islands one of the most prolific issuing authorities in the modern commemorative market — the government licenses its name and currency authority to overseas minting operations, primarily European, while retaining nominal sovereignty over the issue. The arrangement generates revenue without requiring any local minting infrastructure.
KM#787 is a collector-market piece with no circulation history.