2023 1 oz Australia Australian Brumby .9999 Gold Proof Coin
**LPM Exclusive - The Australian Brumby** In colloboration with The Perth Mint, LPM is proud to present the third release in the Australian Brumby Gold series limited to a low mintage of just 250 coins. **Product Features** - Third release in the series - Low mintage of just 250 coins - Struck from 1oz of 99.99% pure gold and issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965. - The coin’s reverse design portrays a spirited brumby with a raised hoof. The horse is standing beside a tree that is shedding its bark – a regular occurrence in the lifecycle of many Australian eucalypts. As well as fallen branches among strappy leafed native flora, the design includes the inscription ‘AUSTRALIAN BRUMBY’, The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark, and the coin’s weight, fineness, and 2023 year-date. - Obverse design: The coin bears The Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse, featuring the Jody Clark effigy supplemented with the dates of her reign, and the coin’s denomination. - Comes with certificate of authenticity and themed packaging **More About the Brumby** 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 a number of horses into the bush. Known as Brumby’s horses and later as ‘brumbies’, the word came to mean wild horses. Mobs of brumbies that most famously roam the Australian Alps today are descended from lost, abandoned or escaped horses that in many cases belonged to early British settlers like Brumby. Wild, independent, and successfully inhabiting a hostile environment, the brumby has become a national icon seen by many as symbolic of our national character.