Coin set – Tokelau

Tokelau: the first country in the world

completely using solar energy.

Tokelau is made up of three coral atolls

in the heart of the Pacific Ocean and is home

for breathtaking wildlife.

About 1000 years ago, the first Polynesians settled on the islands.

In 1765 British Admiral John Byron

was the first European to discover Tokelau,

and laid the foundation for his later connections

with the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Legal tender is

New Zealand dollar with coins specific to Tokelau.

On the obverse of this complete set of coins

depicts a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the flag of Tokelau.

The reverse depicts a sea turtle, a coconut crab,

a lizard, a butterfly, a native in a canoe,

“HMS Dolphin” (Byron’s sailing ship),

a native blowing a conch and three thresher sharks.

– The unique wildlife of the South Pacific

– Polynesian culture of Tokelau

– Historic sailboat