2000 $5 Sydney Olympic Gold Commemorative Coin - Shooting 50 cent Reverse: Coat of Arms consisting

Reverse: Coat of Arms consisting of a central shield below a Rising Sun supported by an emu at left and kangaroo at right all resting on a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA

Australian and Allied forces sought to defend Egypt and the Suez Canal from the German and Italian Axis forces

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2000 $5 Sydney Olympic Gold Commemorative Coin - Shooting 50 cent Reverse: Coat of Arms consistingThis coin was released as a joint collaboration between the Royal Australian Mint and the Perth Mint to celebrate the holding of the XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in the year 2000. Coins were all dated 2000 but were released between 1997 and 2000. Some were available separately and some were only available in a set of the full 28 coins in a special album. Interestingly some had the Maklouf Obverse and some had the Rank Broadly Obverse.