50 Cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Bell Iroquois Helicopter

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Bell Iroquois Helicopter) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Bell Iroquois Helicopter) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2021
Value 50 Cents
0.50 AUD = USD 0.33
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (Pad Printed)
Weight 15.55 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
277795
References KM# 4042
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

Bell Iroquois Helicopter

Series: RAAF - Centenary

Obverse

6th crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2021
50 CENTS
JC

Designer: Jody Clark

Reverse

Front view of a Bell Iroquois Helicopter with soldiers disembarking. Side view with stretcher bearers carrying a wounded soldier onboard. Red White & Blue markings above & camouflage markings below. Denomination to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BELL 1962 - 1989
IROQUOIS
50
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CENTENARY

Designer: Adam Ball

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Bell Iroquois Helicopter) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

This NCLT coin was released by the RAM as part of a limited edition metal box set - A Century of Air Power - Eleven Coin Collection. Personnel, veterans and aviation enthusiasts will delight in this stunning coin collection celebrating iconic aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force as the service marks its centenary. Australia was the second nation to establish an independent air force. The air force has always been on the leading edge of technology - from wood and fabric aircraft of the 1920s, to the advanced fifth generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighters of today.


There are nine other pad printed coins in the set and one non-pad printed coin. Only 15,000 Limited Edition sets are available and the only way to get the non-pad printed coin is as part of this set. Each coin in the set was issued in a coincard.


All images courtesy of the Royal Australian Mint https://www.ramint.gov.au/

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2021  15 000 $ 20 BU in Coincard in 11 Coin Tin

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