2018 50c Western Front: The Battle of Amiens

Description

Features

• The final release of the six-coin Western Front series
• Packaged in a display card with historical information about the Battle of Amiens
• This coins reverse features an artistic representation of Australian soldiers with a WWI tank
• Finished to the Royal Australian Mint’s uncirculated standard
  
• Obverse features Queen Elizabeth II effigy sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley
  
• Australian legal tender

Decsription

Early on the morning of 8 August 1918, fire from thousands of British and French guns crashed down onto the German positions south of the Somme River. Australian and Canadian troops spearheaded the allied counteroffensive from postitions east of Villers-Bretonneux and gained over 24 kilometres of German-occupied territory. Allied forces captured 29,144 prisoners, 338 field guns and liberated 116 villages in a single day of fighting. Amiens was a significant allied victory that marked the beginning of the end of fighting on the Western Front. German General Erich Ludendorff called it "the black day of the German Army." 

Specifications

• Denomination: 50c
• Metal Content: CuNi
• Mass: 15.55g
• Diameter: 31.51mm
• Finish: Uncirculated 
• Packaging: Coin in Card 
• Mintage: 15,000

Please Note: As this is a second hand item, there is minor scratching on the plastic capsule surrounding the coin, however the coin and card are in very good conditon.