2010 50c 150th Running of The Melbourne Cup Selectively Gold Plated Silver Proof 2 Coin Set Silver - $1 $2 50c Proof including the Monaro

including the Monaro

resulting in 7482 casualties and reinforcements being drawn in from the 1st and 5th Divisions

and in opening Australia to the world

The obverse design bears the Ian Rank Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

When the Eureka rebels were tried in Melbourne in early 1855

2010 50c 150th Running of The Melbourne Cup Selectively Gold Plated Silver Proof 2 Coin Set Silver - $1 $2 50c Proof including the MonaroThe Melbourne Cup, the race that stops a nation, is the worlds greatest 3200 metre handicap horse race has been run every November since 1861. The designs on the reverse of the coins feature two of the most enduring emblems of the Melbourne Cup: Phar Lap, who was the favourite in three consecutive Melbourne Cups; and the Cup itself. In 2010, a new gold trophy modelled on the 1930 Cup won by Phar Lap will be presented to the 150th winner of the great