Obverse
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first ascent to Mount Everest. At bottom left, in circle, small portrait of H.M. the Queen Elizabeth II facing right.
Lettering: IRB ELIZABETH II 100 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS 2023 ON 29 MAY 1953 NEW ZEALAND-BORN HILLARY AND HIS NEPALESE MOUNTAINEERING PARTNER TENZING NORGAY, BECAME THE FIRST HUMANS TO STAND ON THE SUMMITS OF EVEREST. AS MEMBERS OF THE 1953 BRITISH MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION, THEIR TRIUMPH WAS THE GLORIOUS RESULT OF A LONG COMPLEX AND BRILLIANTLY CO-ORDINATED CAMPAIGN.
Reverse
Path to the first summit of Everest. Theme at top
Lettering: MT. EVEREST 1953 FIRST ASCENT
