50 Cents - Elizabeth II Ford Australia - The Manufacturing ERA
Features
Country | Australia |
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Type | Non-circulating coin |
Year | 2017 |
Value | 50 Cents 0.50 AUD = 0.34 USD |
Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
Composition | Copper-nickel |
Weight | 15.55 g |
Diameter | 31.51 mm |
Thickness | 2.5 mm |
Shape | Dodecagonal (12-sided) |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Commemorative issue
Ford Australian Classics
Obverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2017
IRB
Reverse
Image of an Australian built Model T Ford in front of the original Ford factory in Geelong Victoria. Australian Flag flying from the centre of the building set in an inner circle. Wording surrounding the circle with original Ford Logo below
Lettering:
FORD AUSTRALIA - THE MANUFACTURING ERA
50
1925-2016
FORD
Engraver: A. Baggio
Edge
12 Sided Smooth
Comments
Following on from the "Holden Heritage" 50 cent twelve coin set released in 2016, the Royal Australian Mint have released a set of twelve "Ford Australian Classics" 50 cent coins in 2017. The coins were available in coin cards in a special tin, which included a coin unique to the tin, with a mintage of 10,000, or could be purchased separately with a further 20,000 minted of the pad printed coins. The 10,000 tin sets with the unique coin sold out in less than 3 days.
This particular coin is the twelfth in the series and is unique to the 12 coin tin set . It commemorates the Manufacturing Era of Ford Australia which began a motoring legacy that ran from 1925 in Geelong, where the Model T was produced, to 2016 in Broadmeadows when Ford Australia built the last Falcon Sedan (an FGX), in October of 2016. Thus bringing to an end 91 years of Ford manufacturing in Australia. Which also saw one of the world's longest-running nameplates, The Falcon, come to an end.
See also
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford Cortina MK1)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford Mainline Utility)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford Model 40 Coupe Utility)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford Model T)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford XA Falcon)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford XC Falcon)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford XE Falcon)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford XK Falcon)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford XR Falcon GT)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford XY Falcon GT-HO)
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II (Ford ZH Fairlane)
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Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||
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2017 | 10,000 | UNC in Coincard |
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