Physical description
Commemorative twenty cent coin in colour-printed cardboard casing. The front of the casing includes a black and white photograph of an Australian service nurse in uniform holding a baby with children standing around her, and a graphic illustration of a poppy. The reverse of the casing includes written text with contextual information and specifications of the coin, a graphic illustration of a poppy and a photograph of poppies, and a footer citing the Royal Australian Mint.
The coin features a raised depiction of a nurse tending to a wounded soldier with a bandaged head.
Inscriptions & markings
On cardboard casing: "AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS / Australian Service Nurses / 2009 20c UNCIRCULATED COIN"
On front of coin: "AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS / AUSTRALIAN SERVICE NURSES"
On reverse of coin: "ELIZABETH II / AUSTRALIA 2009"
References
- Royal Australian Mint, From All Directions: The Battles of World War Two Royal Australian Mint website article detailing coins created to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II
