Description

ANZAC Day:  2010 - $1 Coin - Royal Australian Navy.

Uncirculated aluminium bronze Australian $1 coin.

Second annual release - tribute to the RAN, remembering sailors’ sacrifices.

With a design portraying HMAS Parramatta, a 'River' Class Torpedo Boat Destroyer built prior to World War I and the image of a Leading Seaman from the same era, the coin reflects the RAN’s long history of professionalism, discipline and courage.  Including a silhouetted bugler, the words ‘Lest We Forget’ and the date of ANZAC Day – April 25 – the reverse also symbolises the nation’s extreme gratitude to those sailors who have made the supreme sacrifice.