2016 $1 Dirk Hartog's Landing 400 Years PNC

On 25 October 1616, Captain Dirk Hartog of the Dutch East India Company ship, the Eendracht, made lanfall at an island off the coast of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Hartog's ship had lost its way after setting out from Holland for Batavia in the Dutch East Indies. This unintentional landing made the Eendracht the second-recorded European ship to visit the Australian continent and the first to arrive on the western coast. Two days later, before leaving what is now called Dirk Hartog Island, Hartof left a pewter dish inscribed with an account of his visit fixed to a wooden post as a location now called Cape Inscription. The Eendracht then sailed north-east, charting the Western Australian coastline, before eventually arriving in Batavia on 14 December.

Key features:

• Uncirculated finish
• Release limited to 7,500

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