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50 Cents (Bass and Flinders)
- Series:
- 1952~Today - Elizabeth II (Commemoratives)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000086, WCC:km364
- Themes:
- Cartography | Explorers | Maps | Navies | Navigators | Queens
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Circulating Commemorative
- Mints:
- Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia
- Composition:
- Copper-Nickel
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- 12-angular (dodecagonal)
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 15.55 grams
- Diameter:
- 31.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 3 mm
- Face value:
- 50 c - Australian cent
- Known mintage:
- 22,422,000
- Composition Details:
- 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
- Score:
- 33% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 5 (See)
- Description:
- Obverse: 3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem
Lettering: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1998
RDM
Engraver: 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
Lettering: GEORGE BASS MATTHEW FLINDERS
DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT 1798-1998 50
Engraver: Vladimir Gottwald - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 2.68