50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Millennium- Coloured Proof

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Millennium- Coloured Proof) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Millennium- Coloured Proof) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2000
Value 50 Cents
0.50 AUD = USD 0.33
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (Pad Printed)
Weight 15.55 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
73357
References KM# 488.2,
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.
Schön# 484.2
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Millennium Year

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2000
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Stylised Australian Flag in full colour

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MILLENNIUM
50
CENTS

Designer: Vladimir Gottwald

Edge

12 sided smooth

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Millennium- Coloured Proof) -  obverse

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Mint

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

Comments

This 50c coin was issued by the Royal Australian Mint in the year 2000 Proof & Baby Proof Sets. It celebrates the turn of the century, the transition from the second to the third millennium. This fifty cent coin was Australia's first official coloured coin and can also be found in circulation in a non-coloured version.




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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2000  15 597 4% Proof Koala Baby Set
2000  64 904 96% Proof Year Set

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