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

Features

Country	Australia
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	1994
Value	50 Cents 0.50 AUD = 0.34 USD
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	15.55 g
Diameter	31.5 mm
Thickness	2.6 mm
Shape	Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
References	KM# 257, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 244 Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Commemorative issue

International Year of the Family

Obverse

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

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1994
RDM

Engraver: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

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

Lettering:
AUSTRALIA
1994
50
cents

Engraver: Carolyn Rosser

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

Comments

The year 1994 celebrated the International Year of the Family and was promoted in australia by 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 existence.
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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Year	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
1994	19,580,300	1.24	1.39	1.39	2.97	2.97	99%	Circulation Narrow Date (Common)
1994	1,250,000						0.4%	Circulation Wide Date (Rare)
1994	39,004						1.8%	Proof Year set
1994	39,958						0.00%	UNC Gumnut Baby Set
1994	148,393						0.15%	UNC in Aust Post PNC
1994	91,942						0.08%	UNC Year Set

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