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| Emittent | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Jahr | 2010 |
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| Stempelschneider | Ian Rank-Broadley (obverse); P. Ah. (reverse) |
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| Reversbeschreibung | The reverse depicts a detailed rendition of the Melbourne monument to the explorers Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, sculpted by Charles Summers. Burke is shown standing upright in explorer's attire with a satchel strap across his chest and a rifle at his side, while Wills is seated to his left. The figures are presented on a stepped plinth occupying the central field. The legend BURKE & WILLS arcs across the upper field, with the Perth Mint mintmark P at the lower left and the designer's initials AH at the lower right of the exergue. |
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| Auflage | 2010 P - BU in PNC - 56,065 |
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The Burke and Wills expedition of 1860–61 departed Melbourne to fanfare and returned — for most of its members — not at all. Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills both died near Cooper Creek on the return leg, having reached the tidal flats of the Gulf of Carpentaria but failed to connect with their supply party by a margin of hours. The rescue party found Wills's body in June 1861; Burke had died days earlier.
The Royal Australian Mint issued this dollar in the sesquicentennial year of that departure. KM#1490 is a standard circulation commemorative, aluminium bronze, struck for general release rather than collector sets exclusively.