Obverse
The Effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II and two mountaineers
Lettering: ELIZABETH II 10 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS
IRB
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
Everest Summit
Lettering: MT. EVEREST
1953 FIRST ASCENT
