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.
This coin is part of the Ancient Greece series and is dedicated to Philip II of Macedon.
Philip II of Macedon was born in 382 BC and ruled as king from 359 to 336 BC. He restored peace to his country and by 339 had gained domination over all of Greece. After the king’s assassination, his son Alexander III succeeded him, and was later known as Alexander the Great. |