2015 Centenary of WWI Gallipoli 50c PNC

2015 Centenary of WWI Gallipoli 50c PNCThe Gallipoli campaign was a military campaign in the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula, from 17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916. The Entente powers, Britain, France and Russia, sought to weaken the Ottoman Empire, one of the Central Powers, by taking control of the Turkish straits.

Those creatures have been reimagined on the coins in The Queen’s Beasts Collection

60mm Tuvalu legal tender $1 from the Perth Mint is united with two stamps and set upon an eye-catching envelope

the uncirculated aluminium bronze coin is housed in a beautifully designed card with a circular window revealing the coin’s reverse and obverse designs

In spite of their reputation

Director John Grice was active in the crisis

Each coin is struck by The Perth Mint from 1oz of 99

he was one of 10 dignitaries who were issued with their very own set of proof coins for the transition into decimalisation

and dispatching tens of thousands of young men to join the fight

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Denomination  $100 Year 1996 Signatures Fraser/Evans Grade Uncirculated 1996 was the first year of production for the polymer $100 notes

This exceptional high relief coin design features Homer Simpson beneath an incused inscription of his name

Australian legal tender