2011 Royal Australian Mint - 60th Anniversary of National Service - Uncirculated 50c coin in card

Description

Features

• Struck to the RAM's uncirculated standard 
• Mintage of 44,360

Details

In September 2010 the newly constructed National Service Memorial will be dedicated at the Australian War Memorial. The Royal Australian Mint marks this event, and the upcoming 60th Anniversary of National Service, with the release of this coin.

Between 1951 and 1972, a total of 287,000 young Australian men were called up in two separate schemes for compulsory training in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Of them, 212 died on active service in Borneo and Vietnam. National Service was part of Australia’s defence preparedness for three decades. 

Specifications

• Denomination: 50c
• Metal Content: CuNi
• Mass: 15.55g
• Diameter: 31.51mm
• Finish: Uncirculated 
• Packaging: The coin is housed in a small blue card that places the coin in such a way that it looks like a solider's medal upon a chest

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