2014 50c Australia at War Series - Gallipoli Campaign Unc Coin in Card

2014 50c Australia at War – Gallipoli Campaign Uncirculated Coin in Card.

The term ‘ANZAC’ is forever entwined with the Gallipoli Campaign, where the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps fought side-by-side. The shared qualities of the courage, mateship and honour displayed on the shores and foothills of Gallipoli, forged the Anzac legend.

We commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign with this beautiful and memorable coin.

On the 25th April 1915, Australian and New Zealand troops came ashore on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula as part of a wider British effort to seize control of the Dardanelles straits.

After the landing, he fighting ground to a stalemate, with Turkish forces holding the ridges of the precipitous terrain for the entire eight-month campaign.

The brutal and intense battles the Anzacs fought on Gallipoli were defining actions for the newly federated nation.

For a century, the Anzac spirit has endured as the aspirational ideal of service, mateship and sacrifice for all Australians.“It is a legend not of sweeping military victories so much as triumphs against the odds, of courage and ingenuity in adversity.It is legend of free and independent spirits whose discipline derived less from military formalities and customs than from the bonds of mateship and the demands of necessity.”Each coin features part of the Royal Australian Mint’s Official Anzac Centenary Coin Program and the Australia at War Program.

A fitting tribute to commemorate a defining anniversary in Australian history.

The reverse features an Australian soldier and a representation of landing boats, over a backdrop of a map of the Dardanelles.

Each coin is issued as Australian Legal Tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965.

Denomination :       50c

Quality :                 Uncirculated

Metal :                   Cupro Nickel

Weight :                 15.55 gms

Diameter :              31.51 mm

Mintage :                50,000

Certificate of Authenticity : Royal Australian Mint Seal of Authenticity

Advertising Date :   20th October 2014Release Date :        30th October 2014