First Coins for 2005 to Commemorate 90th anniversary of Gallipoli

1st January 2005

January 1 will see the first coins for 2005 minted at the Royal Australian Mint with a special design to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Gallipoli.

The spirit and legend of Gallipoli will be commemorated on 1 January 2005 with a new coin design featured on the Australian $1 coin mintmark.

The coin will initially be only available from the Royal Australian Mint, on the Mint-Your-Own Mintmark machines. The $1 'C' Mintmark is not released into general circulation.

The new design is simple in message and concept, with the well known phrase 'Lest We Forget' emblazoned above the silhouette of an Australian bugler, playing the Last Post as the sun sets over the beaches of Gallipoli.

This design and coin honours the sacrifices of all Australians who have died in wars and conflicts.

Media Opportunity: Photo/visual footage of the Royal Australian Mint's mintmark machines producing the first coins for 2005. Interviews available with Dr Vivienne Thom, Controller, Royal Australian Mint.

Where: Royal Australian Mint, Denison Street Deakin, ACT.

Time: 10am, Saturday, 1 January 2005

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