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20 Crowns - Elizabeth II Columbus' Crew Sights Land
| Issuer | Turks and Caicos Islands Government |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 20 Crowns |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central scene depicting a lookout from Columbus's crew positioned in the crow's nest of a sailing vessel, leaning forward with a spyglass raised to his eye and one arm outstretched, sighting land on the horizon. The rigging and masts of the ship are visible in the lower foreground, with a stretch of coastline visible in the middle distance. The descriptive legend Columbus' Crew Sights Land appears in the right field. The commemorative dates 1492-1992 arc across the upper portion of the inner field, while the circular peripheral legend 500th ANNIVERSARY OF COLUMBUS' DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD runs along the border. The denomination 20 Crown is inscribed at the bottom of the inner field. |
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This piece is one of several issues produced by the Turks and Caicos Islands to mark the quincentenary of Columbus's 1492 voyage — a theme that generated an extraordinary volume of commemorative coinage worldwide in the early 1990s, much of it struck for collectors with no genuine connection to the event. The KM#119.2 designation distinguishes it from a parallel issue, the distinction typically involving a minor die or finish variation rather than a substantive change.
The islands themselves lie directly along the route Columbus almost certainly passed on his return passage in January 1493.