2023 $2 Vietnam War – 50th Anniversary of the end of Australia’s Involvement C Mintmark Coin Coloured Fifty Cents

Fifty Cents

with four design elements: a map of the South East Pacific and Asian region

1 cent & Gold 1/2 Sovereign size coins

Much-loved Australian children’s book

2023 $2 Vietnam War – 50th Anniversary of the end of Australia’s Involvement C Mintmark Coin Coloured Fifty CentsVietnam had known war for several decades before Australias involvement. Centuries of French colonial rule ended with a Japanese invasion and occupation during 1940 1945. A French attempt to resume control resulted in a war for independence which ended with Vietnam dividing into communist North and a nominally democratic South. A communist insurgency and political turmoil in the South drew in the United States and South Vietnams regional ally,