5 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Masterpieces in Silver - 1939 ½penny

5 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Masterpieces in Silver - 1939 ½penny) - obverse5 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Masterpieces in Silver - 1939 ½penny) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1999
Value 5 Cents
0.05 AUD = USD 0.033
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 5.53 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
103935
References KM# 481
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Pre Decimal Circulation Coins

Series: Masterpieces in Silver

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1999
FIVE CENTS
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Half Penny 1939 reverse design of KM# 41
Kangaroo leaping to right, date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AUSTRALIA
KG
1939
HALF PENNY

Designer: George Kruger Gray

Edge

Reeded

5 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Masterpieces in Silver - 1939 ½penny) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

This NCLT Fine Silver (.999) NCLT coin was released as part of the 1999 Masterpieces in Silver "Pre Decimal Circulation Coins" set which contained five other re-makes of pre-decimal coins of various types. Each of the coins in the set featured the dates of rare original coins in each of the denominations.

The reverse of this stunning coin is a replica of the original rare Melbourne Mint 1939 Half Penny of which only 782,000 were made. However the obverse has the 1998 Ian Rank-Broadley fourth Portrait of Queen Elizabeth the second, unlike the original coin which had a Portrait of King George VI facing left.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1999  15 000 $ 17 Proof in Masterpieces in Silver Set

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