The Perth Mint’s ANZAC Day $1 coin program is a major numismatic tribute inspired by the deep significance of 25 April 1915, the day Australian forces landed on a hostile shore on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.  Comprising annual releases each featuring a new reverse design theme, the coins honour all Australian Defence Force personnel who have served their country. The reverse of the very first ANZAC Day $1 coin, which portrays a former Australian serviceman with a young child sitting on his lap, symbolises the importance of remembering our diggers’ sacrifices and the preservation of their memories by each succeeding generation.  The design includes a silhouetted bugler, the words ‘Lest We Forget’ and the date of ANZAC Day – April 25 - on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time are remembered.

	COUNTRY OF ISSUE AUSTRALIA
DENOMINATION	AU$1.00 (One Dollar) NCLT
SERIES	Lest We Forget Series
DATE	2009
FINISH	Uncirculated
REVERSE DESCRIPTION	Design: a former Australian serviceman with a young child sitting on his lap, and a silhouetted bugler Legend: Lest We Forget April 25
OBVERSE DESCRIPTION	Design: Queen Elizabeth II crowned mature head facing right Legend: ELIZABETH II      AUSTRALIA 2009 Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley, his initials IRB below the truncation
METAL	Aluminium-Bronze (Al-Br)
MASS	13.80 grams
DIAMETER	30.60mm
MINTAGE	18,504
MINT	Perth Mint
PRESENTATION	The coin is housed on an illustrated presentation card.
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