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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Francisco Coronado
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl drop earring, with a necklace visible at the truncation. The portrait, modelled by Raphael David Maklouf, bears the engraver's initials RDM at the base of the neck. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left and COOK ISLANDS along the upper right, with the date 1988 centered in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS RDM 1988 |
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's 1540–1542 expedition into the American Southwest was funded largely out of his own pocket — and his father-in-law's — after Viceroy Mendoza declined to fully back it. He returned to New Spain having found no gold cities, deeply in debt, and facing a criminal investigation for conduct during the campaign. Cook Islands issued a broad series of explorer-themed silver crowns throughout the late 1980s, KM#102 being one of several dozen such pieces aimed squarely at the thematic collector market rather than circulation.