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HMS Bounty 2025 $5 1oz Silver Proof Coin

$249.00 AUD
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  • Celebrating the iconic HMS Bounty – setting for the Mutiny on the Bounty!
  • Struck to faultless Proof quality from 1oz of sparkling 99.9% silver.
  • Official Pitcairn Islands legal tender – spans 38.60mm in diameter.
  • Exclusive! Strictly limited edition set at just 500 coins worldwide!
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The story of the HMS Bounty and the Pitcairn Islands is one of the most famous maritime mutinies in history. In 1789, the Bounty, a British Royal Navy vessel, was tasked with transporting breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the Caribbean. However, tensions between Captain William Bligh and his crew, led by Fletcher Christian, escalated. The crew mutinied, setting Bligh and loyalists adrift in a small boat while the mutineers seized the ship.

Christian and a group of mutineers, along with several Tahitian men and women, sought refuge on the remote Pitcairn Island to avoid capture. There, they burned the Bounty and settled on the island. Their descendants still live on Pitcairn today, creating a unique population with deep historical ties to this event.

The mutiny and settlement shaped the region’s history, influencing Pitcairn’s culture, governance, and its place in British colonial history.

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Downies Collectables

HMS Bounty 2025 $5 1oz Silver Proof Coin

$249.00 AUD

The story of the HMS Bounty and the Pitcairn Islands is one of the most famous maritime mutinies in history. In 1789, the Bounty, a British Royal Navy vessel, was tasked with transporting breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the Caribbean. However, tensions between Captain William Bligh and his crew, led by Fletcher Christian, escalated. The crew mutinied, setting Bligh and loyalists adrift in a small boat while the mutineers seized the ship.

Christian and a group of mutineers, along with several Tahitian men and women, sought refuge on the remote Pitcairn Island to avoid capture. There, they burned the Bounty and settled on the island. Their descendants still live on Pitcairn today, creating a unique population with deep historical ties to this event.

The mutiny and settlement shaped the region’s history, influencing Pitcairn’s culture, governance, and its place in British colonial history.

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