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2023 $2 "C" Mintmark Coloured Uncirculated Coin 50th Anniversary End of Vietnam War
Honour the 50th Anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War with this uniquely themed coin in card.
Mintage restricted to just 80,000 coins
This coin is presented in an illustrated card featuring the Tây Nguyên mountain region, the Australian military helicopter and Southern Cross star constellation.
At the centre of this aluminium bronze coin, the iconic military helicopter is featured, encapsulated by a coloured ring representing the ribbon colours awarded to those who served in The Vietnam War military campaign.
This coin portrays the official ‘Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse’, featuring the Jody Clark effigy supplemented with the dates of Her Majesty’s reign – ‘1952 – 2022’.
The Vietnam War was Australia’s longest of the twentieth century before its withdrawal in 1973, two years before North Vietnam’s victory in April 1975. Over a decade the commitment grew from a military training team to a battalion and then a task force inclusive of the Army, Navy and Air Force. 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam, 521 lost their lives and many more were wounded before the last Australian troops came home in December 1973.
