5 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary Moon Landing

5 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary Moon Landing) - obverse5 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary Moon Landing) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2019
Value 5 Cents
0.05 AUD = USD 0.033
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 2.83 g
Diameter 19.41 mm
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
152586
References KM# 3610
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

50th Anniversary Moon Landing 1969

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2019
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

The Moon showing Apollo 11 Landing site
Large crater to top right
Moonboot footprint to left
Denomination to lower right

Script: Latin

Lettering: 5

Designer: Adam Ball

Edge

Reeded

5 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary Moon Landing) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

Released by the Royal Australian Mint in the 2019 Mint and Proof Set is this Commemorative 5 cent coin. Celebrating 50 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon on 20th July 1969.


Both the Mint and Proof sets feature two unique coins, this 5 cent coin depicting the lunar landing site on the Sea of Tranquility, and the $1 coin depicting the historic NASA Honeysuckle Creek antenna in the Australian Capital Territory which was used to capture the first 8 minutes of the television images transmitted around the world to an audience of over 500 million people.

The BU Year Set including this coin was also issued at the 2018 Berlin World Money Fair.


The coin has also been released in the Issue 26 Australia Post Two Coin PNC, with a Commemorative $1 coin. (7500 Copies). 

500 Copies were available with a special Overprint at the ANDA Melbourne Money Expo Show.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2019  500 2% BU in PNC Issue ANDA Melbourne Show
2019  7 000 5% BU in PNC Issue Aust Post
2019  1 250 $ 6.60 7% BU WMF Berlin Moon Landing 6 Coin Set
2019  55 547 $ 10 78% BU Year Set
2019  16 573 23% Proof Year Set

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