50 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - First Fleet Bicentenary

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - First Fleet Bicentenary) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - First Fleet Bicentenary) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 1988
Value 50 Cents
0.50 AUD = USD 0.32
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 15.55 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
9495
References KM# 99,
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.
Schön# 87
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

200th Anniversary First Fleet

Obverse

3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1988
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Depiction of an uncharted map of New Holland (Australia), the stars of the southern cross and a ship of the First Fleet.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AUSTRALIA 1788-1988
W S E
NEW HOLLAND
FIFTY CENTS

Designer: Michael Tracey

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - First Fleet Bicentenary) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

The RAM released this Copper-nickel 50 cent coin into general circulation In 1988 Australia to celebrate 200 years since the arrival of the First Fleet. Captain Arthur Phillip led the party of 11 ships to the founding of Sydney and the colonisation of New South Wales. Arriving between 18-20th January 1788 1,487 men, women, children and convicts landed in Botany Bay to establish the first European colony in Australia. This coin commemorates the event.

The coin was included in the Year Proof & Year Uncirculated Sets for 1988


It was also issued by the RAM in a rectangular coincard, mintage unknown.


A Sterling Silver (.925) version of the coin was included in the 1988 Masterpieces in Silver Bicentenary Proof Set.
Then the following year a restrike dated 1989 was issued as part of the 1989 Masterpieces in Silver Set.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1988  0.7% BU in Rectangular Coincard
1988  240 000 $ 6.80 4% BU Year Set
1988  10 000 0.17% BU Year Set (Sydney Coin Fair)
1988  8 998 800 $ 1.10 $ 1.70 $ 1.70 $ 3.30 $ 3.30 95% Circulation
1988  104 518 $ 5.50 5% Proof Year Set

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Picture 1 of a sold 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - First Fleet Bicentenary)
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Auction 101
Lot 1694
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18 Nov 2023 Undetermined UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - First Fleet Bicentenary)
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Auction 77
Lot 264
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11 Feb 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 7.55
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