2014 Australians at War - Battle of Cocos 50 cent Uncirculated Decimal Coin Silver From 1 March 1941 until

From 1 March 1941 until 15 December 1941

Now immortalised on this legal tender coin

Due to poor economic conditions in the late 1980s

2019   5 cent - mintage 46

2014 Australians at War - Battle of Cocos 50 cent Uncirculated Decimal Coin Silver From 1 March 1941 untilShortly after dawn on 9 November 1914, Australian troop transports and warships received the call that the German raider SMS Emden was lurking in the region of Port Refuge in the Cocos Keeling Islands. The closest warship was the HMAS Sydney, which engaged in a protracted and blazing battle with the Emden. Whilst forcing the Emden to be grounded on the North Keeling Island Reef, 134 German crewmen were killed in the battle. However, it was much more