50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Trail

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Trail) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Trail) - reverse

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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 Copper-nickel
Weight 15.55 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
58454
References KM# 1855
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

70th Anniversary of Kokoda Trail

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

A depiction of the Isurava Memorial, the Owen Stanley Range in the background and the stars of the Southern Cross above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOKODA CAMPAIGN
FIFTY CENTS

Designer: Wojciech Pietranik

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Trail) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

The 70th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign is marked by this special issue NCLT 50c released by the Royal Australian Mint. The coin was issued in a crdit card sized coincard.


 The Kokoda trail is a 96km single file trail overland through Papua New Guinea. It was the scene of many violent conflicts throughout 1942 between Australian armed forces and the Japanese army.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2012  26 899 $ 15 BU in Coincard

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