The United States and Australia stood shoulder to shoulder in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, the only two major nations of the world fighting to counter and push back the advance forces of Imperial Japan. During five long years of war, these two Allies fought fiercely to ensure the safety mainland Australia and to retake islands throughout the Pacific overtaken by Japanese forces early in the war. Today, the 1/10 oz Gold US Australian WWII Coin is available to you online at Silver.com.
Coin Highlights:
- Ships to you housed in individual plastic, rolls of 20 coins, or boxes of 200 coins!
- Minted by the Perth Mint through December 2013!
- Availability is limited!
- Consists of One-Tenth Troy ounce of .9999 fine gold in BU condition.
- Face value of $15 (AUD) is fully backed by Australia’s government.
- Queen Elizabeth II features on the obverse.
- Australian-American War Memorial’s eagle and the national flags appear on the reverse.
As the United States sat out the early years of World War II, Australia stood alone in the Pacific as a counter to the growing territorial holdings of Imperial Japan. The Imperial Japanese forces had expanded off the main Japanese islands to mainland Asia in both modern-day China and the Korean peninsula, as well as nabbing islands from Guam in the central Pacific to Midway and Saipan as well.
All of the 1/10 oz Gold US Australian WWII Coins available to you today are in BU condition. The Perth Mint originally packaged these gold coins inside of individual protective plastic, sealed mint rolls of 20 coins, or boxes that contained a total of 200 coins housed within a total of 10 sealed rolls. The commemorative release of Gold US Australian World War II Coins ended in 2013, with a 1/4 oz coin offered in addition to these 1/10 oz coins.
On the obverse of the 1/10 oz Gold US Australian WWII Coin is Queen Elizabeth II’s effigy. Her Majesty is featured here in the fourth-generation design from Ian Rank-Broadley, which captures her likeness in right-profile relief. Her Majesty is accompanied by engravings of “Elizabeth II,” “Australia,” “1/10 oz 9999 Gold,” “2013,” and “15 Dollars.” The coins also feature the initials of the designer, Ian Rank-Broadley as “IRB” under the Queen’s bust.
The reverse of the 1/10 oz Gold US Australian WWII Coins features a combination of American and Australian images denoting the alliance that was successful in defending Australia and pushing the Japanese back to their home islands. In the center of the design is the majestic Eagle that is perched on the Australian-American Memorial in the federal capital city of Canberra. On the left is the Australian flag’s trademarked cluster of stars, while the right features the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America. Engravings include “Australian/American Memorial” above and “War in the Pacific 1941-1945” on the bottom.
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