50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Ford High Octane - 1969 Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Ford High Octane - 1969 Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Ford High Octane - 1969 Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am) - reverse

© Mike Bentley

Features

Country Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2018
Value 50 Cents
0.50 AUD = 0.39 USD
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (Pad Printed)
Weight 15.55 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

Commemorative issue

Australia's Motor Sport Legends

Obverse

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

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2018
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS is a British sculptor who has produced many acclaimed works, among which are several designs for British coinage.

Reverse

Pad Printed depiction of a red 1969 Ford Mustang. Text above and below. Denomination to the right, superimposed on racing lines.

Lettering:
FORD
MOTORSPORT
LEGEND
50
MUSTANG BOSS 302
1969

Designer: Adam Ball

Adam Ball is a designer with the Royal Australian mint.

Edge

Smooth

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Ford High Octane - 1969 Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am) - obverse

© Mike Bentley

Mint

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

Comments

The Royal Australian Mint have released a set of seven NCLT "Ford High Octane" 50 cent coins to commemorate Australia's Motorsport Legends. The coins were available in coin cards in a special tin that resembles the top of the cylinder head of an engine. The "Ford High Octane" tin was limited to a mintage of 10,000 and sold out from the RAM in less than 2 days.
 

Included in the tin was a non-coloured coin unique to the tin as well as the other six pad printed coins which could also be purchased separately with a further 20,000 minted of them all issued in large coincards.



This particular coin is the second in the series  and commemorates the 1969 Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am. This car, which was a full factory import gift from Ford North America, was raced by an, at the time young, Canadian driver called Allan Moffat. A hardened, determined Moffat was resolute in becoming Australia's first professional race driver, and the Mustang was the state-of-the-art warhorse he raced towards stardom. The Mustang had a win rate of 101 wins in 151 races between 1969-1974.

This coin was also released in a PNC by Australia Post. (7,500 Copies)
 

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2018  2,450 8.82 17% UNC in Coincard
2018  10,000 94% UNC in Coincard in 7 Coin Tin
2018  7,500 0% UNC in PNC

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