1987 Sea Venture One Ounce Palladium Proof Bermuda Coin

Palladium proof one-ounce Bermuda 1987 Sea Venture coin - made by the Singapore Mint to celebrate the famous shipwreck.

The Sea Venture was a 17th-century English ship that wrecked off the coast of Bermuda in July 1609. Carrying vital supplies and settlers for Jamestown, it deliberately struck a reef during a hurricane. All 150 passengers and a dog survived, inspiring Shakespeare's The Tempest.

• Obverse features a right-facing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael Maklouf
• 999 palladium $25 coin, made by the Singapore Mint for the Bermuda Monetary Authority
• Maximum mintage 20,000, reported mintage 15,800, assumed to be significantly more scarce