Description
The Golden Hind was an English galleon renamed by Drake to compliment his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose armorial crest was a golden 'hind' (the heraldic term for a female deer). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's world voyage.
In 1577, Queen Elizabeth I of England chose Sir Francis Drake as the leader of an expedition intended to pass around South America through the Strait of Magellan and to explore the coast that lay beyond. Before setting sail, Drake met the queen face-to-face for the first time where she said to him, ‘We would gladly be revenged on the King of Spain for divers injuries that we have received’. In effect, the Queen gave Drake her unofficial permission to privateer.
Drake returned to England in September 1580 with a ship’s hold full of Spanish treasure and only 56 men of the original crew remaining. Queen Elizabeth, delighted with her bounty, went aboard the Golden Hind and bestowed an immediate knighthood on Drake.
Obverse
ssued as legal tender under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu, the coin’s obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2011 year-date and the monetary denomination.
Reverse
The coin’s reverse depicts a representation of the Golden Hind in full sail, set against a coloured globe map and the inscription GOLDEN HIND. The design also incorporates The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.
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