2022 - Cook Islands - 1oz. - HMS Bounty - (BU)

Coin Highlights:
Standard depiction of the HMS Bounty
Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver in BU condition.
Bears a face value of 1 Dollar backed by the Cook Islands.
On the obverse is Queen Elizabeth II.
The reverse features an image of the HMS Bounty.
The HMS Bounty went down in history not for the actions of the ship in war or even the importance of its mission, but rather, for the end result of its maiden voyage as a vessel within the Royal Navy. Built in 1784, the Bounty was sold to the Royal Navy in 1787 and retrofitted for a botanical mission to the South Pacific. After months in the South Pacific, much of the crew mutinied against the captain.
On the obverse of 2022 Cook Islands Bounty Silver Coins is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The design featured on Cook Islands coins is the fourth-generation effigy from Commonwealth currency. Created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley, this effigy shows the Queen in right-profile relief wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara on her head.
The reverse side of 2022 1 oz Bounty Silver Coins features a design of the HMS Bounty as it appeared after its initial construction. The HMS Bounty was a three-masted, full-rigged sailing vessel that was relatively small for its era, displacing 215 tons in the water.
The HMS Bounty’s crew, led by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, mutinied against the captain in an effort to avoid continuing the mission and eventually returning to Britain. Many of the men, after spending months in Tahiti collecting breadfruit plants, had put down roots in the area and wanted to remain. These men eventually absconded with the Bounty to Pitcairn Island where the HMS Bounty was scuttled in an effort to hide it from detection by the Royal Navy.