50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australians at War 04 - Australian Flying Corps

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	2014
Value	50 cents 0.50 AUD = 0.36 USD
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	15.55 g
Diameter	31.51 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 69089 Numista (https://numista.com)
References	KM# 2160 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 4 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Australia at War: Australian Flying Corps

Obverse

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2014
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Five Airmen of the Australian Flying Corps in front of a propeller driven aeroplane

Lettering:
AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS
50
1911 1921

Designer: Aaron Baggio

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

© Mike Bentley

Mint

Comments

The Royal Australian Mint issued this NCLT 50 cent coin as a tribute to those who served in the Australian Flying Corps. This coin is part of the "Australians at War" 18 coin series being issued individually.  Six coins were issued in 2014, Six in 2015 and the final Six in 2016.

All of the coins were issued in individual credit card sized coincards.
  

The AFC answered the call for resources, supplying four officers and 41 men in support of the Anglo-Indian forces who were battling a Turkish threat around the Persian Gulf. The brave men of the AFC were from many backgrounds and left a diverse legacy. Two officers, Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness, purchased an Avro aircraft laying the foundations for the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service, better known today as Qantas.

See also

• Plane
• War

• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 01 - Boer War)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 06 - Gallipoli Campaign)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 05 - The Western Front)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 02 - Battle of Cocos Islands)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 03 - German New Guinea)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 11 - Crete)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 07 - El Alamein)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 12 - Empire Air Training Scheme)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 08 - Greece)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 09 - War in the Pacific)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 10 - Tobruk)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 16 - Vietnam War)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 18 - Afghanistan)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 17 - Gulf Wars)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 15 - Indonesian Confrontation)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 13 - Korean War)
• 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Australians at War 14 - Malayan Emergency)

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