50 Cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

Features

Commemorative issue

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

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.

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2021
50 CENTS
JC

Designer: Jody Clark

Jody Clark is a British engraver employed by the Royal Mint, notable for designing the fifth and latest portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to feature on coins of the pound sterling.

Reverse

Front on view and view from above of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. Light Blue markings above & RAAF Kangaroo markings below. Denomination to the left.

Lettering:
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS 1985-2021
F/A - 18 HORNET
50
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CENTENARY

Designer: Adam Ball

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

© Mike Bentley

Mint

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/

See also

• Marsupials
• Coloured coins
• Plane

• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - AVRO Lancaster)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Bell Iroquois Helicopter)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Century of Air Power)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Consolidated Catalina)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - General Dynamics F-111)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Lockheed C-130 Hercules)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Lockheed P-3 Orion)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - P-40 Kittyhawk)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A)

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