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Australian 50 cents (World War II Remembrance)

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Fifty Australian Cents (WW2 Remembrance) Coin's year-2005 Country- Australia Year of mintage-2005 Type-Circulating commemorative coin Hi friends, this is my Australian 50 cents coin. This coin was released in the year 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the world war II. This dodecagonal (12 sides) coin really huge with a diameter of 31.5 mm. The thickness is 2.55mm. This coin is quite heavy with a weight of 15.55g. I love this coin as it has a very beautiful design. The obverse side has the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing the right side. The reverse side has soldiers and a military cemetery scene and has the lettering- World War 1939-1945  Remembrance on the top and Fifty cents on the bottom. This coin reminds me of the darkest days of humanity.  The casualties, bloodshed, screams, children getting orphaned, women getting widowed during the war symbolizes how greedy we fellow beings are. When I got this coin in my 5th grade from my frien

1 Deutsche mark coin

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1 DEUTSCHE MARK COIN'S YEAR- 1954 COUNTRY- West Germany (till 1990), Germany (1990-2002) YEARS- 1950-2001 Hi friends this my 1 deutsche mark coin. This coin is absolutely amazing to see. My 1 mark coin is more than a fifty years old. But I got this coin only a few years ago. I don't even remember how I got this coin. But I know that this coin is truly valuable. This coin's value is 1 Mark. Mark was the former currency of  Germany before the Euro was introduced. This coin is in existence from 1950. Its shocking to realize that this coin has travelled through history and has come to my hands. Firstly this coin was a legal tender in West Germany till 1990 till the unification of Germany. After 1990 this was a legal in the unified Germany till 2001. This coin was demonetized on 12-31-2001.  Let's come to the specifications. The diameter of this coin is 23.5mm , the thickness in 1.75mm, the weight is 5.5g and it is made up of copper-nickel. The coi

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