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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II Iwo Jima
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 3.11 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Detailed depiction of the iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima, inspired by Joe Rosenthal's celebrated photograph of February 23, 1945, showing six United States Marines hoisting the American flag atop Mount Suribachi. The legend IWO JIMA 75TH ANNIVERSARY arcs along the upper periphery, with the Roman numeral MMXX and the mint mark P appearing in the lower field, accompanied by the initials LB. |
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The Battle of Iwo Jima ran from February to March 1945, costing nearly 7,000 American lives and leaving fewer than 300 Japanese survivors from a garrison of around 21,000. The flag-raising captured by Joe Rosenthal on February 23rd — taken on Mount Suribachi, not at the battle's end — was actually the second flag raised that day, the first having been deemed too small to see from below.
Perth's one-tenth ounce gold issues in this commemorative run are struck to .9999 fineness, a standard the mint adopted in the 1980s to differentiate its bullion products from the .9167 gold then common elsewhere.