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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS 1990 |
| Reverse description | Central design features a three-quarter bust portrait of Ferdinand Magellan facing slightly left, bearded, wearing a broad-brimmed hat and cloak, holding a navigational scroll or chart in the lower field. To the left, a detailed rendering of a period caravel under full sail navigates stylized waves, set against a lightly engraved world map in the background. The arc legend 500 YEARS OF AMERICA 1492-1992 runs along the upper border, flanked by the dates, while the denomination 100 DOLLARS appears along the lower border. |
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This piece belongs to a wave of large-format commemorative silver issues Cook Islands produced in the late 1980s and early 1990s, often in collaboration with foreign minting houses targeting the collector market rather than circulation. Magellan's connection to the Pacific makes him a defensible subject for a Pacific island issuer — his fleet's 1521 crossing of that ocean was the first recorded, though Magellan himself died in the Philippines before completing the circumnavigation. His Portuguese nationality is worth noting: he sailed under the Spanish crown after Lisbon rejected his proposal.