Lot 4: Cook Islands 1975 Proof Set

This lot comprises a coinage set from the Cook Islands, dated 1975. The collection is housed in a textured brown plastic insert within a plush orange presentation case. The interior lid is stamped in gold with a central crest for the GOVERNMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS, flanked by the text COOK ISLANDS PROOF SET MINTED AT THE FRANKLIN MINT. The set includes a one-dollar coin featuring a stylised representation of the deity Tangaroa on the reverse, a fifty-cent coin depicting a bonito fish, a twenty-cent coin with a fairy tern, a ten-cent coin featuring oranges, a five-cent coin showing a hibiscus flower, a two-cent coin with pineapples, and a one-cent coin depicting a taro leaf. All coins are struck with a proof finish, displaying frosted devices against mirrored fields. The set is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity on green marbled paper, printed with the text THE 1975 COINS OF THE COOK ISLANDS and signed in blue ink by Sir Albert Henry, K.B.E., dated DEC 1 1975. The reverse of the certificate provides technical specifications including diameters and design descriptions. No maker’s marks or signatures are visible on the coins themselves.

One-dollar coin diameter: 38.7mm
Fifty-cent coin diameter: 31.7mm
Twenty-cent coin diameter: 28.5mm
Ten-cent coin diameter: 23.6mm
Five-cent coin diameter: 19.4mm
Two-cent coin diameter: 21.1mm
One-cent coin diameter: 17.5mm.