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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Governor Phillip: The First Fleet
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2366 |
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| Reverse description | Portrait of Captain Arthur Phillip, Admiral of the Royal Navy and first Governor of New South Wales, commemorating his leadership of the First Fleet to Australia in 1788, which established the first permanent European settlement on the Australian continent. The design honours his pivotal historical role in the founding of modern Australia. The legend GOVERNOR PHILLIP - THE FIRST FLEET is inscribed within the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Governor Arthur Phillip commanded the eleven vessels of the First Fleet out of Portsmouth in May 1787, arriving at Botany Bay in January 1788 before quickly relocating to the more defensible Sydney Cove. The Cook Islands has issued commemorative silver dollars for the Australian market with some regularity, and this piece falls squarely within that commercial tradition — produced for collectors rather than circulation, with no meaningful connection to Cook Islands monetary history.