2021 Australia $2 ‘C’ Mintmark Uncirculated Coin on Card – Indigenous Service
$50.00
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Description
2021 Australia $2 ‘C’ Mintmark Uncirculated Coin on Card – Indigenous Service
Despite restrictions in the 1903 Defence Act preventing those “not substantially of European origin or descent” from enlisting, thousands of Indigenous Australians volunteered to serve the nation that denied them the rights they were fighting to defend.
Once accepted for service, individuals often experienced a sense of friendship and equality that was absent from civilian life, with access to training, education, travel and equal pay. While friendships endured long after the war, equality did not. Indigenous Anzacs returned home to face
• Coin’s reverse design based on the painting Indigenous Military Service by Kalkadoon artist Chern’ee Sutton.
• Uncirculated version of the coloured circulating coin
• Coin bears a ‘C’ Mintmark not included on the circulating edition
• Encapsulated in presented card
• Obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II sculpted by Jody Clark
• Australian legal tender coin
Limited to two (2) per household
Additional information
| Weight | .05 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 17 × 10 × 2 cm |
| Face Value | $2 |
| Region | Australia |
| Material | Al/Br |
| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Coloured |
| Mintmark | C |
