50 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Bass and Flinders

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Bass and Flinders) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Bass and Flinders) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 1998
Value 50 Cents
0.50 AUD = USD 0.33
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 15.55 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
9557
References KM# 364,
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# 376
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

200th Anniversary of the Discovery of Bass Strait

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1998
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Portraits of Bass and Flinders, a map of part of Australia and all of Tasmania and a depiction of the route they took

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Sydney
GEORGE BASS
50
G
DISCOVERY OF
BASS STRAIT
1798 - 1998
MATTHEW FLINDERS

Designer: Vladimir Gottwald

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Bass and Flinders) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

The RAM released this coin into general circulation to commemorate the Bicentennial of the discovery of Bass Strait. The coin was included in the Proof & BU sets & Baby Proof & BU sets for 1998.


It was also released in a very popular PNC by Australia Post on 10/9/1998. (82,004 Copies)


3,000 special overprinted copies of the PNC were issued at the Sydney ANDA coin show also.

A special release of the coin was done by Note Printing Australia in a limited set of banknotes and coins. (1,000 Copies)


The Bass Strait sits between Australia and Tasmania. Bass & Flinders's expedition proved that Tasmania was an island. During the voyage in 1798 in the sailing boat the "Norfolk", Bass and Flinders circumnavigated the island of Tasmania establishing that it was in fact separated from the main part of Australia. George Bass and Matthew Flinders were leading the expedition. The Strait was named after Bass and an island in the Bass Strait is named after Flinders.

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1998  1 000 0.05% BU in Note Printing Australia Set
1998  82 004 $ 9.70 1.1% BU in PNC
1998  3 000 0.15% BU in PNC Sydney ANDA
1998  31 810 0.05% BU Koala Baby Year Set
1998  74 108 $ 5.10 1.7% BU Year Set
1998  22 389 200 $ 0.57 $ 0.57 $ 0.57 $ 1.20 $ 1.20 $ 1.40 $ 2.90 97% Circulation
1998  5 269 0.2% Proof Koala Baby Year Set
1998  32 225 1.2% Proof Year Set

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Picture 1 of a sold 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Bass and Flinders)
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Auction 103
Lot 1734
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9 Dec 2023 Undetermined UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Bass and Flinders)
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Auction 77
Lot 275
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11 Feb 2023 Undetermined UNC Unsold
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