50 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Year of the Family

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	1994
Value	50 Cents 0.50 AUD = USD 0.35
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	15.55 g
Diameter	31.51 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 3137 Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References	KM# 257, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 4 more volumes. Schön# 244 Gerhard Schön; 2020. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

International Year of the Family

Obverse

3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1994
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

A depiction of a family as would be drawn by a child and the United Nations symbol for the International Year of the Family to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AUSTRALIA
1994
50
cents

Designer: Carolyn Rosser

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

Mint

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

Comments

The year 1994 celebrated the International Year of the Family and was promoted in Australia the release of this 50 cent coin into circulation by the Royal Australian Mint. The coin was included in the 1994 Mint & Proof sets as well as the Gumnut Baby Mint Set.

Two variants of this coin exist. Wide and narrow date versions are in known. The Mint Sets & PNC appear to contain the wide date variety.
The wide date is the rarer of the two versions consisting of approximately 6% of coins minted.
Wide Date Narrow Date

Australia Post also released the coin in a PNC Cover. (148,393 Copies)

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1994	39 958							0.3%	BU Gumnut Baby Set
1994	148 393						$ 5.45	0.7%	BU in Aust Post PNC (Wide Date)
1994	91 942							0.6%	BU Year Set (Wide Date)
1994	19 580 300	$ 0.56	$ 0.71	$ 1.39	$ 1.40	$ 1.58	$ 2.81	98%	Circulation Narrow Date (Common)
1994	1 250 000							2%	Circulation Wide Date (Rare)
1994	39 004							1.5%	Proof Year Set

Values in the table above are expressed in USD. They are based on evaluations by Numista users and sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only; they are not intended to be relied upon for buying, selling or exchanging. Numista does not buy or sell coins or banknotes.

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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