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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II Santa Maria
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the neck. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and COOK ISLANDS 2015 to the right, with HALF DOLLAR along the lower arc. The portrait is rendered in fine detail with the Queen's characteristic curled coiffure and diadem. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-color depiction of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus's flagship, sailing on turbulent seas against a dramatic sky rendered in a circular vignette with a dark blue-green background. The three-masted carrack is shown in fine detail with white sails bearing red crosses, flying pennants and flags from the masts. A ship's wheel motif appears to the left in the field. The legend SANTA MARIA arcs across the upper border in white lettering, and the date 1460 appears in the lower field, both set against a beaded inner border. |
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