2014 A Voyage to Terra Australis 4 Coin $1 Mintmark & Privy Mark Set

2014 A Voyage to Terra Australis 4 Coin $1 Mintmark & Privy Mark Set

Each year the Royal Australian Mint seeks to introduce a unique, eye-catching, and engaging theme as figurehead for its gallery press and mintmark collection.

In 2014, the Mint has selected the 1814 publication of Matthew Flinders’ historic journal, A Voyage to terra Australis, as the inspiration for the 2014 releases in this much loved series.

Through his journal, Matthew Flinders recorded his journeys aboard HMAS investigator and other vessels – including the first ever successful circumnavigation of the continent of Australia; a recount of the wreckage of the Porpoise; and a diary of his six-and-a-half years as a prisoner on the Isle de France (Today’s Mauritius).

The Englishman often remarked that he was “induced to go to sea against the wishes of his friends from reading Robinson Crusoe”, so it is fitting then that his remarkable journal reads of adventures worthy of that wonderful book.

Each 4 coin set includes a ‘C’ Mintmark, along with a ‘B’ Brisbane, ‘M’ Melbourne, ‘S’ Sydney Privy mark Coin, in a full colour archival bubble presentation pack.

• Country of Issue: Australia
• Denomination: $1, 
• Privy Mark: C, B, M S
• Finish: Uncirculated
• Issued By: Royal Australian Mint