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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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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, a drop earring, and a pearl necklace. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and COOK ISLANDS along the right, with the date 1990 positioned in the lower exergue. The sculptor's initials RDM appear at the base of the truncation. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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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.