100 Pounds Mediterranean Campaign of Ushakov

Suwarrow Atoll, an uninhabited Cook Islands dependency in the Pacific, has no economy, no permanent population, and no monetary infrastructure — which makes it a recurring issuer of numismatic fantasy pieces aimed squarely at the collector market. This coin honors Fyodor Ushakov's 1798–1800 Mediterranean campaign, during which the Russian admiral seized the Ionian Islands from French control and notably captured the fortified island of Corfu through a combined Russian-Ottoman naval operation.

Ushakov was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2001 — an unusual honor for a military commander.