1988 COOK ISLANDS Proof Silver 50 Dollars Coin VIKING LEIF ERICSON NGC i72132

1988 COOK ISLANDS Proof Silver 50 Dollars Coin VIKING LEIF ERICSON NGC i72132Item: i72132 Authentic Coin of. Great Explorers Series – Leif Ericson 1988 Proof Silver 50 Dollars (20.94 grams) 0.925 Silver 0.6227 oz. ELIZABETH II COOK ISLANDS IRB 1988, Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II right. Leif Erikson or Leif Ericson c. 1020 was a Norse explorer from Iceland. He was the first known European to have set foot on continental North America (excluding Greenland), before Christopher Columbus. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, tentatively identified with the Norse L’Anse aux Meadows