Abel Tasman never actually saw the Australian mainland despite his two Pacific voyages for the VOC in 1642–44 — he circumnavigated the continent without realizing it was there, making landfall instead in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and becoming the first European to reach New Zealand. Gibraltar's long-running commemorative program for the Royal Mint has issued dozens of five-pound crowns on this 28.28g/38.61mm format, typically licensing designs to third-party distributors rather than producing coins with any meaningful connection to the territory.
Abel Tasman never actually saw the Australian mainland despite his two Pacific voyages for the VOC in 1642–44 — he circumnavigated the continent without realizing it was there, making landfall instead in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and becoming the first European to reach New Zealand. Gibraltar's long-running commemorative program for the Royal Mint has issued dozens of five-pound crowns on this 28.28g/38.61mm format, typically licensing designs to third-party distributors rather than producing coins with any meaningful connection to the territory.