2022 $1 150 Years of Free Education Coin & Stamp Cover PNC

2022 $1 150 Years of Free Education Coin & Stamp Cover PNC.The Education Act was passed in Victoria on 17 December 1872. This legislation made the colony one of the first jurisdictions in the world to offer free, compulsory and secular education to its children. Public education was now administered by the centralized Victorian Department of Education.Subsequent to the Act, education was free, children were obliged to attend school from the age of 6 to 15, and secular instruction promoted fairness and harmony in a society then riven by sectarianism. Before 1872 most schools were controlled by Catholic or Protestant churches or were privately operated, and many children were note receiving an education at all. By 1908, all six states of the Commonwealth of Australia had compulsory and secular education.Today, Australia has a robust public education system, with the majority of children attending public government schools.Issued as Australian legal tender, the uncirculated aluminium bronze coin is housed in a beautifully designed card with a circular window revealing the coin's reverse and obverse designs.Each coin comes in an illustrated envelope featuring an early school house and a Certificate of Education issued by the Victorian Education Department.The design also includes The Perth Mint's 'P' Mintmark.The coin's obverse features the Jody Clark effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2022 year-date and the monetary denomination.Fixed to the envelope is an official Australia Post $1.10 stamp which is post marked First Day of Issue and the envelope includes Australia Post's Seal of Authenticity.Postmarked 11th October 2022 Melbourne VIC 3000Denomination :         $1Metal :                     Aluminium BronzeWeight :                  13.00 gmsDiameter :               30.60mmMintage :                 7,000Australia Post Seal of Authenticity