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The ship is well known in the novel "Mutiny on the Bounty." Contains 1 oz of .9999 fine Silver. Obverse: Displays the weight, purity and face value below an image of the sailing vessel Bounty. Reverse: Depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley likeness of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Sovereign coin backed by the Cook Islands government. HMS Bounty This ship is famous for one of the most known mutinies in history. On April 28, 1789, led by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, the crew seized control of the ship from Captain William Bligh. Bligh and 18 of his loyalists navigated more than 3,500 nautical miles to reach safety while the mutineers settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. In 1790, Captain Bligh sailing on the HMS Pandora apprehended his mutineers. Cook Islands The Cook Islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean are made up of 15 small islands. These 15 major islands are divided into two distinct groups of coral atolls: the Southern Cook Islands and the Northern Cook Islands. The majority of the population lives in the southern group.