Introducing myself.  My name is Linda and im a current ANA Diploma Program Student. Ive so far completed 5 parts of the program with 3 of my marks being honors.  I am from Australia. My blog will be documenting the Commemorative circulation issue coins i find in my pocket change each day.Linda

Coin   $1 coin  2003     Centenary of Women's Suffrage 
In 1902, women were granted the right to vote in Australia in Federal Elections. The Centenary of Women's Suffrage 2003 $1 coin honours this landmark decision a century later.This coin is hard to find in change in any grade. It's impossible to find 'in your loose change' in the strictly Uncirculated condition. The reverse is by Vladimir Gottwald.Country of Issue AustraliaYear of Issue 2003Denomination $1Issued By Royal Australian Mint
Coin Twenty Cents 2005 60th Anniversary of the End of WW2
The inscription reads WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 COMING HOME.This is a circulating commemorative twenty cent coin commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The reverse was designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald.The design was modeled on a photograph from the Australian War Memorial and after a nationwide search it was found that the young girl in the design is Jaquie Dowling and her mother Lorna greeting Private William Leslie Darcy, an ex Prisoner of War on his return home in 1945.War memorial historian Dr Peter Stanley worked closely with Royal Australian Mint engraver Vladimir Gottwald to bring this image to a circulating 20 cent coin. The reverse of the coin features Gottwald's stylised G signature below the 20 [cents] value.Country of Issue AustraliaYear of Issue 2005Denomination 20centIssued By Royal Australian Mint