$2 2025 WWII 80th Anniversary UNC
On 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland set the Second World War into motion. Two days later, Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies followed Britain’s lead and declared that Australia was at war with Germany.
Almost one million Australians served in the Second World War, joining the war effort primarily in the Mediterranean and the Middle East in 1940 and 1941, and increasingly in the Pacific after Japan entered the war in December 1941. Women served as well, with women’s branches of the Army, Navy and Air Force established in 1941.
By the time the war came to an end in September 1945, close to 40,000 Australians had lost their lives in the course of their service.
In honour of the courageous Australians who served in the Second World War, the Royal Australian Mint presents these coins. The coins features a wreath of red poppies – an enduring symbol of remembrance in Australia and other Commonwealth nations. Surrounded by sculpted leaves, the eight poppies in the wreath represent the eight decades that have passed since the most devastating war in human history.
* While these coins are uncirculated and sourced directly from mint rolls, most will show slight imperfections in colouring and bagmarks/scratches due to the minting and rolling process. The Royal Australian Mint has specifically designed the high points of the colour to naturally wear during circulation, revealing a unique design underneath.
- Quadrum Encapsulated
- Ex Mint Roll, Uncirculated (UNC)
Description
On 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland set the Second World War into motion. Two days later, Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies followed Britain’s lead and declared that Australia was at war with Germany.
Almost one million Australians served in the Second World War, joining the war effort primarily in the Mediterranean and the Middle East in 1940 and 1941, and increasingly in the Pacific after Japan entered the war in December 1941. Women served as well, with women’s branches of the Army, Navy and Air Force established in 1941.
By the time the war came to an end in September 1945, close to 40,000 Australians had lost their lives in the course of their service.
In honour of the courageous Australians who served in the Second World War, the Royal Australian Mint presents these coins. The coins features a wreath of red poppies – an enduring symbol of remembrance in Australia and other Commonwealth nations. Surrounded by sculpted leaves, the eight poppies in the wreath represent the eight decades that have passed since the most devastating war in human history.
* While these coins are uncirculated and sourced directly from mint rolls, most will show slight imperfections in colouring and bagmarks/scratches due to the minting and rolling process. The Royal Australian Mint has specifically designed the high points of the colour to naturally wear during circulation, revealing a unique design underneath.
- Quadrum Encapsulated
- Ex Mint Roll, Uncirculated (UNC)
