2016 Australia Dirk Hartog Ship Landing 1616 .9999 Fine Silver Proof Coin

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2016 Australia Dirk Hartog Ship Landing 1616 .9999 Fine Silver Proof Coin
Limited to 3,000 minted
Does not include box or paperwork
The Perth Mint “Dirk Hartog Australian Landing 1616” 2016 1oz Silver Proof High Relief Coin, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Hartog’s alighting on Australia in 1616.
The coin’s reverse depicts the representation of the view through a telescope of Dirk Hartog’s boat, the Eendracht, sailing across the ocean aside a compass rose. The design includes the inscription DIRK HARTOG FIRST LANDING OCTOBER 1616, a map of Australia, and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark. The Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the monetary denomination, and the 2016 year-date are depicted on the coin’s obverse. The coin’s high relief reverse and obverse are minted on concave surfaces to ensure the optimum flow of metal is achieved by the strike of the die.