50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing
© Mike Bentley
Features
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Year | 2009 |
| Value | 50 Cents 0.50 AUD = 0.34 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 ↑↑ |
| References |
KM#
1432 Standard Catalog of World Coins
by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) |
Commemorative issue
40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
Obverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2009
IRB
Reverse
Lunar Module on the moon with the Earth and Stars above
Lettering:
LANDING
50 CENTS
40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON
Engraver: Caitlin Goodall
Edge
12 Sided Smooth
© Mike Bentley
Comments
2009 was the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon and to celebrate this the Royal Australian Mint issued this NCLT 50cent coin in a credit card sized coincard.
It was July 21st 1969 when the world sat glued to their television sets watching vision streamed from the Parkes radio telescope in Australia. 600 million viewers watched and listened to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin taking their first steps on the moon thanks to the Apollo 11 space mission. The coin is pad printed with black paint to depict space giving the perspective of opposing skyscapes as though you are looking out the cockpit window of the orbiting Command Module.
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 43,149 | 11.03 | UNC in Coincard | ||||||||
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