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50 Cents (Bass and Flinders)

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Country:

Australia

Series:

1952~Today - Elizabeth II (Commemoratives)

Catalog codes:

Col:AU-000086, WCC:km364

Themes:

Cartography | Explorers | Maps | Navies | Navigators | Queens

Issued on:

CopyWrong

Last issue date:

iInfringe

Distribution:

Circulating Commemorative

Mints:

Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia

Composition:

Copper-Nickel

Edge:

Plain/smooth

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

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

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