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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Danish explorer Vitus Bering in Russian service
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Vitus Bering depicted from behind, standing on the deck of a sailing vessel, gesturing towards a distant coastline visible through the ship's rigging. The scene captures the explorer in period naval attire amid a detailed maritime composition. The arc legend 500 YEARS OF AMERICA 1492-1992 curves along the upper portion of the field, with the denomination 50 DOLLARS inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Vitus Bering led two major expeditions under Peter the Great and later Anna of Russia to determine whether Asia and North America were connected by land. He died on the return voyage of the Second Kamchatka Expedition in December 1741, stranded on what is now Bering Island, where his grave was excavated by a Danish-Russian team in 1991 — the year before this coin was issued. The timing was deliberate.