50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Dragon

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	2012
Value	50 Cents 0.50 AUD = USD 0.35
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	15.37 g
Diameter	31.51 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Tetradecagonal (14-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 42984
References	KM# 2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Year of the Dragon

Series: Lunar Series II

Obverse

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2012
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Oriental Dragon, Chinese character for Dragon to the right

Scripts: Chinese, Latin

Lettering: 50

Designer: Alex Vorodeyev

Edge

14 Sided Smooth

Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)

Comments

Released by the Royal Australian Mint is this NCLT Copper-nickel 14 sided coin. It is the first 50 cent Lunar Year commemorative and is the first 14 sided Tetra-Decagon coin. This is the only RAM 50 cent series with this shaped coin. The coin was released in a folding coincard.

A limited number were released in a special box encased in a numbered perspex stand in the shape of Australia.

As the Chinese Lunar Calendar ushers in the Year of the Dragon, the innovative tetra-decagon series begins with its first annual release. The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a twelve-year cycle. Each year is represented by a different animal, each with its own distinct personality. People born within each lunar year are believed to possess the qualities of that year’s animal, using those traits to achieve success and happiness throughout life.

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Date	Mintage	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2012	30 000	$ 13	BU in Coincard	93%
2012			BU in Perspex Stand	9%

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