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| Emittent | Cook Islands |
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| Jahr | 1993 |
| Typ | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Facing bust of Argentine liberator General José de San Martín rendered in high relief, depicted in ornate military dress uniform with epaulettes, decorative collar, and braided chest ornamentation. In the left background, a vignette shows two mounted soldiers traversing a mountain pass with stylized Andean peaks rising behind them, alluding to San Martín's celebrated crossing of the Andes in 1817. The arc legend 500 YEARS OF AMERICA flanks the dates 1492-1992 along the upper rim. The denomination 50 DOLLARS appears in the lower field. The overall composition commemorates the quincentennial of Columbus's arrival in the Americas. |
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| Rand | Reeded |
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San Martín is an unusual subject for a Cook Islands commemorative — his significance lies entirely in South American history, as the general who led independence campaigns across Argentina, Chile, and Peru in the 1810s and 1820s. Cook Islands issued a substantial run of silver collector pieces throughout the early 1990s under licensing arrangements that had little connection to the subjects depicted, producing commemoratives covering historical figures from virtually every continent.
San Martín died in exile in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1850, largely forgotten by the Argentine government he had served.