1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Robert Schumann

Issued as part of the Perth Mint's ongoing commemorative dollar program, this piece marks the bicentenary of Schumann's birth in 1810. Schumann spent the final years of his life in a psychiatric institution in Endenich, near Bonn, committed in 1854 after a breakdown and an attempt to drown himself in the Rhine. He died there in 1856, never having recovered. The Perth Mint's interest in European cultural figures during this period reflected a broader push into the collector coin market, where themed silver issues were increasingly competing with German and Swiss mints for the same buyer base.