50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary of the Australian Ballet - Silver Proof

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary of the Australian Ballet - Silver Proof) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary of the Australian Ballet - Silver Proof) - reverse

Obverse © Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC) – Reverse © Royal Australian Mint

Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2012
Value 50 Cents
0.50 AUD = USD 0.33
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 18.24 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
234109
References KM# 1854a
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 of the Australian Ballet

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2012
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Australian Ballet Dancers in front of a cursive inscription

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
Fifty years of the Australian ballet
50

Edge

Smooth 12 Sided

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary of the Australian Ballet - Silver Proof) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

This NCLT Fine Silver (.999) Proof 50 cent coin was released by the RAM in capsule in a plush case.


The coin celebrates 50 years since the Australian Ballet was founded and first performed at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney. Five decades later the company is based in Melbourne also performing in theatre's internationally and across Australia including the Sydney Opera House.

A Copper-nickel version of the coin was also issued in a credit card sized coincard. It was also issued in a PNC by Australia Post.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2012  10 000 Proof in Case

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