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The Royal Society commissioned this 43mm medal to commemorate the death of Captain James Cook in1779.
The obverse depicts a bust of Cook in naval uniform with the legend \"IAC COOK OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS\" (The Most Intrepid Investigator of the Seas).
The reverse shows Fortuna leaning on a Naval column, with a scepter in one hand and a rudder in the other. the legend on the reverse reads \"NIL INTENTATUM NOSTRI LIQVERE\" (Our Men Have Left Nothing Unattempted).
This bronze medal is one of the 577 struck for subscribers in 1784.
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