The Perth Mint 2024 September Bulletin | Page 13

Wild horse

NEW RELEASE
According to tradition , when soldier and pastoralist James Brumby was transferred from Sydney to Van Diemen ’ s Land in 1801 , he was forced to release several horses into the bush . Known later as brumbies , they gave rise to Australia ’ s wild horses .
Free , independent , and content to roam the unforgiving environment of the Australian Alps , brumbies are celebrated in art and literature , and even portrayed as symbolic of our national character .
AUSTRALIAN BRUMBY
2024 1oz Silver Coloured Coin
$ 1 Australian legal tender 99.99 % pure silver 40.90 mm ø 1,500 mintage
24V31AAA
AUD
120 . 00
Struck from 1oz of 99.99 % pure silver , the coin portrays a coloured image of a brumby galloping in an arid , barren landscape with spectacular forked lightning in a foreboding sky . Included is the inscription ‘ AUSTRALIAN BRUMBY ’, the coin ’ s weight , fineness , and year-date , and a ‘ P125 ’ mintmark .
The coin ’ s obverse bears the Dan Thorne effigy of His Majesty King Charles III , and the monetary denomination .
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