TIKI Coins - General Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Tue, Jun 15, 2004 11:26 AM On 2004-06-13 07:04, bigbrotiki wrote: Good new subject! I especially love the coin from ...(damn, can't find it...is it from Tonga?) that has the Rarotongan fisherman's god proudly displaying his member in profile. Yeah, the Cook Islands mint such coins. It's certainly on their $1 coin (or at least was). A lot of the Pacific islands make a lot of money minting coins and printing up stamps for the collectors market, and Tiki inevitably crops up now and again. Interesting topic. It's always good to hear that people are collecting more than just mugs. Trader Woody

On 2004-06-13 07:04, bigbrotiki wrote:
Good new subject! I especially love the coin from ...(damn, can't find it...is it from Tonga?) that has the Rarotongan fisherman's god proudly displaying his member in profile.

Yeah, the Cook Islands mint such coins. It's certainly on their $1 coin (or at least was). A lot of the Pacific islands make a lot of money minting coins and printing up stamps for the collectors market, and Tiki inevitably crops up now and again.

Interesting topic. It's always good to hear that people are collecting more than just mugs.

Trader Woody

Post #96458 by Trader Woody on Tue, Jun 15, 2004 11:26 AM