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2012 50 Cent Coin - 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Trail

2012 50 Cent Coin - 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Trail

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2012 will mark 70 years since the Kokoda campaign took place. During this campaign, a series of violent conflicts occurred along the notorious Kokoda Trail from July to November 1942. While the Gallipoli campaign of WWI was Australia’s first military test as a new nation, the fighting during the Kokoda campaign represents the first time in the nation’s history that its security was directly threatened.

The village of Isurava was the site of one of several battles fought by Australian troops during their retreat along the Kokoda Trail to Imita Ridge, and the advance to the crossing of the Kumusi at Wairopi. The then Prime Minister John Howard and Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Sir Michael Somare unveiled a memorial to the Kokoda Trail campaign in Isurava on 14 August 2002.

Mintage: 26,899.

Minor wear to the cards with some scuffing to the capsules.

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