2017 The ANZAC Spirit - Many Never Returned 1oz Silver $1

This release from The Perth Mint in The ANZAC Spirit 100th Anniversary Coin Series is now available and commemorates the Third Battle of Ypres.

Thousands of Australian troops took part in the bitter fighting during the Third Battle of Ypres in Belgium between 31 July and 10 November 1917.

Although many of the attacks carried out by the Australians were unsuccessful, their forces incurred 38,000 casualties. The fighting ended in early November when Canadian troops captured the village of Passchendaele. By then, British and Dominion forces had suffered more than 310,000 casualties.

The Perth Mint will release no more than 7,500 of The ANZAC Spirit 100th Anniversary Coin Series Many Never Returned 2017 1oz Silver Proof Coin.

The coin’s reverse features a group of Australian soldiers coming back from the battlefields past the Cloth Hall in the town of Ypres.  The design includes the inscription '1917 Many Never Returned' along with The Perth Mint's 'P' Mintmark.

Edged lettering features around the coin’s rim with the words, ‘PRIDE – RESPECT – GRATITUDE’.

***This item is second hand, outer box may contain some minor scuffs and marks.