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100 Pounds Battle of Tendra
| Issuer | Suwarrow Atoll |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | SUWARROW ATOLL 2017 100 POUNDS АТОЛЛ СУВОРОВА |
| Reverse description | An oval portrait medallion of Russian Admiral F.F. Ushakov in uniform with decorations occupies the upper centre of the field, inscribed 'Ф.Ф. УШАКОВ' beneath the bust. The lower two-thirds of the reverse depicts a detailed naval battle scene showing five sailing warships engaged in combat on a choppy sea. The Cyrillic legend 'РУССКО-ТУРЕЦКАЯ ВОЙНА 1787-1791 ГОДОВ' arcs along the upper rim, while a three-line inscription in the exergue reads 'СРАЖЕНИЕ У МЫСА ТЕНДРА / 28-29 АВГУСТА (8-9 СЕНТЯБРЯ) / 1790 ГОДА'. |
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Suwarrow Atoll is an uninhabited Cook Islands territory in the northern Pacific — it has no resident population, no economy, and no practical use for circulating coinage. Issues attributed to it are purely numismatic products, licensed through Cook Islands monetary arrangements and aimed squarely at the collector market.
The Battle of Tendra (1790) was a genuine Black Sea engagement in which a Russian squadron under Ushakov decisively routed the Ottoman fleet, a victory that accelerated Russian naval dominance in that theater during Catherine II's second Turkish war.