So for year 2010, two different design coins were approved. One for circulation and it circulated and another one for collectors of Europe. Cook Islands have always got their coins minted from Royal Australian Mint and that mint has not made bimetallic coins. To get collectors of Europe interested in this set, a bimetallic coin was included. This was never approved, as informed by Executive Secretary to the Finance minister of Cook Islands.
Can you inform us as to who was granted this permission and which mint minted it. I would also be interested in know as to how many sets were minted? The mintage coincided with minting of set of Sultanate of Pemba as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands. So I am assuming that they were also authorised by some authority in some place.