Gold Half Gram 2016 William Shakespeare, Coin from Cook Islands - detailed information

The Cook Islands, a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand, uses two official legal tender currencies. The New Zealand Dollar circulates in parallel with the local Cook Islands Dollar; at the same time, the government also authorises many legal tender coins in the Cook Islands Dollar currency for collector's purposes. Many of them are in standard sizes, including the half gram (0.5 g) of gold mini-coin format - such as this coin.

The Mint says about it:
William Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers, known for masterpieces such as Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet among many others. He is considered to be the most published author of all time with an estimated two to four billion books sold to date. His timeless and unparalleled works and poems have not lost any of their appeal despite the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016.

To commemorate this event, this collector‘s coin is struck in equally timeless pure gold. Sophisticated minting technology depicts Shakespeare‘s portrait in minute detail.