Reference:
Pick: #4 , The Banknote Book: B104
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Description
Cook Islands. Government of the Cook Islands. New Zealand administration. 1987 "Ina and the Shark" Issues. Dollar System. Date: 20.07.1987. Dimensions: 150 x 75 mm. Watermark: no. Material: paper. No security thread. Printer: banknotes printed in Australia. Multicolored front and back printing, predominantly pink and orange. Description of the front: Safety background made up of wavy lines symbolizing the waves of the ocean. On the left and according to a mythological legend, Ina holding a coconut in her hands rides the back of a shark in search of the sea god Tinirau. Value "10" in the corners. Three-letter prefix in black and numbering in blue. Texts in English and Māori. Signature of Minister of Finance: Thomas Davis. Description of the back: multicolored printing. Security background composed of geometric patterns and wavy lines. On the right, a pantheon of the gods in the form of sculpted statues against a background of Māori designs.