2016 50c Uncirculated Carded Coin - Vietnam War

Description

Australia joined American forces in South Vietnam in 1964 following a request from the South Vietnamese govemment to assist with a growing communist insurgency. The first to arrive were a group of 30 technical and strategic advisers collectively referred to as the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV). The AATTV would gradually swell in numbers periodically until the larger deployment of Australian forces began later in the war.

Australian units conducted an extensive campaign against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army in the province of Phuoc Tuy until 1972. The Australian war was mainly one of extensive jungle patrolling, but major actions were fought at Long Tan, Fire Support Bases at Coral and Balmoral, Binh Ba and Long Khanh.

• Culmination of the Australia at War series, as one of the last three to be released in this 18 coin set
  
• Part of the Royal Australian Mint's Official Anzac Centenary Coin Program
  
• Coin's reverse depicts soldiers and aircraft on the flight deck of a fast troop transport in Vung Tau Harbor
  
• Packaged in a presentation card featuring specific subject matter imagery
  
• Finished to the Royal Australian Mint's uncirculated standard
  
• Obverse features Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II effigy sculpted by lan Rank-Broadley
  
• Australian legal tender

NOMINAL SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination 50c
Year 2016
Metal content CuNi
Mass 15.55 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Finish Uncirculated
Maximum mintage 50000
Packaging Card
Obverse designer Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse designer B. King