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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Pedro de Mendoza
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 31.35 g |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and a drop earring, with a beaded necklace visible at the truncation, modeled by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and COOK ISLANDS along the right rim, with the date 1992 inscribed at the base of the field. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires in February 1536, but the settlement lasted only four years before repeated Querandí attacks and catastrophic food shortages forced the Spanish to abandon it entirely. The city was not permanently reestablished until Juan de Garay's second founding in 1580. Cook Islands issued a wave of commemorative silver dollars in the early 1990s targeting the collector market rather than circulation, with subjects drawn heavily from Iberian exploration history ahead of the 1992 Columbus quincentenary.