COOK ISLAND banknotes - a catalog of coins of different countries: modern coins and banknotes of all countries of the world, samples, gold and silver coins, photographs and description.
Currency: Cook Islands dollar = 100 cents. In circulation there is a 3 dollar banknote of the Cook Islands. Issuing bank - Cook Islands Ministry of Finance. New Zealand dollars, Australian dollars and US dollars are accepted.
Banknotes in circulation:
3 dollar.
Obverse: In the center of the Banknote there is an image of residents leaving the Christian Church in Avarua (the capital of the Cook Islands), on the left there are tiare (Tahitian gardenia) flowers and shells, incl. cowrie. Above the image of the church there is an inscription on the background of the pattern: COOK ISLANDS. To the right of the church is the signature of the country's finance minister. In the upper left and lower right corners there is a denomination in two lines: THREE DOLLARS, in the lower left and upper right - the number "3". In the upper left corner, under the face value, there is a stylized sailboat.
Reverse: In the center of the banknote, against the background of the pattern, there are indigenous people performing a traditional dance. In the central part of the Banknote there is an inscription in two lines: COOK ISLANDS | AI TUTAKI. On the left side of the Banknote there is an image of an ocean shell and the islands of Aitutaki and Manuae, below - three drummers. On the right side there is a blue hermit loris bird on a branch and a stylized sailboat, below - three fish. In the lower left and upper right corners of the Banknote - the number "3", in the lower right - face value: THREE DOLLARS.
BANKNOTES WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION:
Banknotes in denominations of 10, 20 and 50 dollars of the 1992 model were withdrawn from circulation
10 dollars.
Obverse: In the center of the Banknote there is an image of residents leaving the Christian Church in Avarua (the capital of the Cook Islands), on the left there are tiare (Tahitian gardenia) flowers and shells, incl. cowrie. Above the image of the church there is an inscription on the background of the pattern: COOK ISLANDS. To the right of the church is the signature of the country's finance minister. In the upper left and lower right corners there is a denomination in two lines: TEN DOLLARS, in the lower left and upper right - the number "10". In the upper left corner, under the face value, there is a stylized sailboat.
OS: In the center of the banknote, against the background of Rarotonga Island, there is a courthouse, on the left - a branch with fruits and a lizard. In the central part of the Banknote there is an inscription in two lines: COOK ISLANDS | RARATONGA. On the right side of the Banknote there is a Rarotongian motley dove on a branch and a stylized sailboat, below - a flower. In the lower left and upper right corners of the Banknote - the figure "10", in the lower right - denomination: TEN DOLLARS.
20 dollars.
Obverse: In the center of the Banknote - an image of residents leaving the Christian Church in Avarua (the capital of the Cook Islands); on the left, there are tiare (Tahitian gardenia) flowers and shells, incl. cowrie. Above the image of the church there is an inscription on the background of the pattern: COOK ISLANDS. To the right of the church is the signature of the country's finance minister. In the upper left and lower right corners there is a denomination in two lines: TWENTY DOLLARS, in the lower left and upper right - the figure "20". In the upper left corner, under the face value, there is a stylized sailboat.
Reverse: In the center of the banknote, two residents are depicted near a canoe with an outrigger, in the foreground is a crab. In the central part of the Banknote there is an inscription in three lines: COOK ISLANDS | NGAPUTORU | & MANGAIA against a wicker mat. On the left side of the Banknote there is a flower, a map depicting the islands of Atiu, Mauke, Mitiaro, Takutea, Mangaia, a fishhook on top of the map, a bird on a branch and a stylized sailboat on the right, and a flower below. In the lower left and upper right corners of the Banknote - the figure "20", in the lower right - denomination: TWENTY DOLLARS.
50 dollars.
Obverse: In the center of the Banknote - an image of residents leaving the Christian Church in Avarua (the capital of the Cook Islands); on the left, there are tiare (Tahitian gardenia) flowers and shells, incl. cowrie. Above the image of the church there is an inscription on the background of the pattern: COOK ISLANDS. To the right of the church is the signature of the country's finance minister. In the upper left and lower right corners there is a denomination in two lines: FIFTY DOLLARS, in the lower left and upper right - the figure "50". In the upper left corner, under the face value, there is a stylized sailboat.
Reverse: In the center of the Banknote two islanders are depicted, weaving hats, the field of the Banknote is wavyly crossed by beads of black pearls. In the central part of the Banknote there is an inscription in two lines: COOK ISLANDS | NORTHERN GROUP. On the left side of the Banknote there is a flower and a map depicting the Northern Islands, below - a floating canoe and two fish. On the right side of the Banknote there is a flying bird and a stylized sailboat, below there is a flower. In the lower left and upper right corners of the Banknote - the number "50", in the lower right - face value: FIFTY DOLLARS.
