Woo Hoo!! Got another one!!

MadMarty · April 17, 2009 2:52AM

This is #6, I now own 2.4% of the total population!!!

MrEureka · April 17, 2009 7:39AM

It looks, er, extra thick.

mudskippie · April 17, 2009 7:51AM

Nice piefort coin, mintage 250 is not bad. Oh my, is that his pe--s?

MadMarty · April 18, 2009 10:52AM

<< <i>It looks, er, extra thick.

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Yes Andy, it is!!!

Stork · April 19, 2009 7:59AM

<< <i>Oh my, is that his pe--s? >>

Yes on that one too....

I missed the backstory on these, can someone fill me in?

Cathy

MadMarty · April 19, 2009 9:17AM

In Mâori mythology, Tangaroa (also Takaroa) is one of the great gods, the god of the sea. He is a son of Rangi and Papa, Sky and Earth. After he joins his brothers Rongo, Tu, Haumia, and Tane in the forcible separation of their parents, he is attacked by his brother Tawhirimatea, the god of storms, and forced to hide in the sea.[1] Tangaroa is the father of many sea creatures. Tangaroa's son, Punga, has two children, Ikatere, the ancestor of fish, and Tu-te-wehiwehi (or Tu-te-wanawana), the ancestor of reptiles. Terrified by Tawhirimatea’s onslaught, the fish seek shelter in the sea, and the reptiles in the forests. Ever since, Tangaroa has held a grudge with Tâne, the god of forests, because he offers refuge to his runaway children

About the coins, in 1985 the Cook Islands issued the proof $1 weenie coins in.

Mintage, 2500 silver
Mintage, 250 silver piefort
Mintage, 25 gold

Stork · April 19, 2009 10:28AM

That's what I like about this forum...always learning something new

Cathy

Woo Hoo!! Got another one!!

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