50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th portrait

Obverse © Ulmo - Reverse © Mike Bentley

Features

Country	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1999-2019
Value	50 Cents 0.50 AUD = 0.30 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 ↑↑
References	KM# 404, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 420 Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

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

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2004
IRB

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Australia coat of arms (the escutcheon is carried by a red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) and an Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)) and the numeral "50"

Lettering:
50
SD

Engraver: Stuart Devlin

Edge

12-sided, smooth

Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia

Comments

In 1999 the 50 cent standard Australian Coat of Arms coin debuted the 4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. It has been issued into circulation in every year since then except for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, & 2005.

The rarest version is the 2005 PNC only issue at a mintage of only 30,000.

It has also been issued in various Uncirculated & Proof Year sets, Baby Uncirculated & Proof Year sets, Wedding Specimen and Proof Sets, Various PNC's, Uncirculated Berlin WMF Sets, Uncirculated Legends Sets and other special Sets.

In 2019 the RAM has released a special Five-Coin Set to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Dodecagon 50 cent Coin. The five coins in the set are each dated 2019 and each one portrays a different effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as used on the 12 sided 50 cent coin since it was introduced in 1969 as well as including the new Jody Clark Sixth Effigy being introduced on Australian coins in 2019.

Fine Silver (.999) Proof versions of this coin have also been issued in various Fine Silver sets.

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Year	Mintage	VG	VF	XF	UNC	Frequency
1999	20,300,000		0.76	1.19	1.21	23%	Circulation
1999	28,056					0.7%	Proof Year Set
1999	70,067					0.9%	UNC Year Set
2004	17,918,000			0.70		15%	Circulation
2004	16,000					0.04%	Proof Koala Baby Set
2004	50,000					0.7%	Proof Year Set
2004	3,963					0.04%	Specimen Wedding Set
2004	31,036					0.04%	UNC Koala Baby Set
2004	67,795					0.8%	UNC Year Set
2005	30,000				67.86	0.9%	UNC in PNC Joint UK & Australia issue
2006	59,455,000	0.82	0.96	0.98	1.00	33%	Circulation
2006	15,127					0.04%	Proof Magic Pudding Baby Set
2006	2,752					0.04%	Specimen Wedding Set
2006	1,500					0.08%	UNC ANDA Canberra Show
2006						0.04%	UNC Baby Memento Coincard
2006	32,095					0.04%	UNC Magic Pudding Baby Set
2006	1,500					0.08%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2006	84,407					1.0%	UNC Year Set
2007	19,872,000		0.82	0.82	2.55	13%	Circulation
2007	12,417					0.04%	Proof Magic Pudding Baby Set
2007	30,516					0.4%	Proof Year Set
2007	2,629					0.08%	Specimen Wedding Set
2007						0.08%	UNC Baby Memento Coincard
2007	33,693					0.15%	UNC Magic Pudding Baby Set
2007	1,500					0.04%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2007	66,641					0.8%	UNC Year Set
2008	32,518,000		0.76	0.76		19%	Circulation
2008	15,500					0.04%	Proof Magic Pudding Baby Set
2008	28,569					0.3%	Proof Year Set
2008	3,278					0.04%	Specimen Wedding Set
2008	56,504					0.08%	UNC Magic Pudding Baby Set
2008	63,734					0.9%	UNC Year Set
2009	19,031,000		0.48	1.03		12%	Circulation
2009	12,307					0.08%	Proof Blinky Bill Baby Set
2009	23,257					0.4%	Proof Year Set
2009	2,824					0.04%	Specimen Wedding Set
2009	34,179					0.04%	UNC Blinky Bill Baby Set
2009	1,500					0.04%	UNC Brisbane ANDA Fair
2009	1,497					0.04%	UNC Melbourne ANDA Fair
2009	1,498					0.04%	UNC Sydney ANDA Fair
2009	1,500					0.04%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2009	50,957					0.7%	UNC Year Set
2010	22,200,000		0.37	0.70		13%	Circulation
2010	10,002					0.04%	Proof Blinky Bill Baby Set
2010	2,493					0.04%	Proof Wedding Set
2010	18,753					0.4%	Proof Year Set
2010	2,500					0.04%	UNC ANA Boston World Money Fair
2010	33,131					0.04%	UNC Blinky Bill Baby Set
2010	1,500					0.04%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2010	48,489					0.8%	UNC Year Set
2011	14,380,000			1.03		9%	Circulation
2011	8,008					0.04%	Proof Blinky Bill Baby Set
2011	2,506					0.04%	Proof Wedding Set
2011	15,597					0.3%	Proof Year Set
2011	27,618					0.04%	UNC Blinky Bill Baby Set
2011	1,500					0.04%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2011	40,383					0.6%	UNC Year Set
2012	17,600,000		0.80	1.08		8%	Circulation
2012	9,270					0.2%	Proof Dot & Kangaroo Baby Set
2012	2,027					0.04%	Proof Wedding Set
2012	23,084					0.3%	UNC Dot & Kangaroo Baby Set
2013	18,800,000		0.35			9%	Circulation
2013	8,000					0.04%	Proof Dot & Kangaroo Baby Set
2013	850					0.04%	Proof Wedding Set
2013	50,000					0.5%	Proof Year Set
2013	21,001					0.04%	UNC Dot & Kangaroo Baby Set
2013	1,500					0.08%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2013	44,750					0.9%	UNC Year Set
2014	17,743,000			1.17		7%	Circulation
2014	6,650					0.04%	Proof Dot & Kangaroo Baby Set
2014	2,000					0.04%	Proof Wedding Set
2014	14,814					0.3%	Proof Year Set
2014	18,088					0.04%	UNC Dot & Kangaroo Baby Set
2014	1,500					0.04%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2014	42,277					0.7%	UNC Year Set
2015	19,400,000					7%	Circulation
2015	6,552					0.3%	Proof Alphabet Baby Set
2015	18,500					0.3%	UNC Alphabet Baby Set
2015 C	5,000					0.19%	Proof - 50.50 Coin Set
2016	25,500,000			0.53		5%	Circulation
2016						0.04%	Proof Alphabet Baby Set - Mintage to Order
2016						0.19%	UNC Alphabet Baby Set - Mintage to Order
2016	1,500					0.04%	UNC in RAM Legends Six Coin Set
2017	8,200,000		0.55			3%	Circulation
2017						0.04%	Proof Alphabet Baby Set - Mintage to Order
2017						0.3%	Proof Year Set
2017						0.04%	UNC Alphabet Baby Set - Mintage to Order
2017	1,500					0.08%	UNC in RAM Legends Six Coin Set
2017	1,250					0.08%	UNC WMF Berlin Money Fair
2017						0.7%	UNC Year Set
2018	3,700,000			1.73		1.1%	Circulation
2018					31.03	0.3%	Proof Year Set
2018	1,500					0.04%	UNC in RAM Legends Six Coin Set
2018	1,250					0.04%	UNC WMF Berlin Armistice 6 Coin Set
2018						0.9%	UNC Year Set
2019	200,000					0.2%	Circulation (Part mintage - Rest tba)
2019						0.04%	Proof Milestones and Celebrations Set
2019						0.4%	Proof Year Set
2019	20,000					0.3%	UNC 50th Anniversary of Dodegagon 50c
2019	1,500					0.08%	UNC in RAM Legends Six Coin Set
2019	20,000					0.6%	UNC in Six Coin Effigies Over Time Set
2019	1,250					0.08%	UNC WMF Berlin Moon Landing 6 Coin Set
2019					2.96	1.4%	UNC Year Set

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