Round fifty cent coin (Australian)
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| 50 cents (Australia) | |
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| Value: | 0.50 AUD |
| Mass: | 15.55 g |
| Diameter: | 31.51 mm |
| Thickness: | 3.00 mm |
| Edge: | milled |
| Composition: | 80%Silver, 20%Copper |
| Years of Minting: | 1966 |
| Catalog Number: | - |
| Obverse | |
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| Design: | Queen Elizabeth II, Australia's Queen |
| Designer: | Arnold Machin |
| Design Date: | 1966 |
| Reverse | |
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| Design: | Australian coat of arms |
| Designer: | Stuart Delvin |
| Design Date: | 1965 |
The round fifty cent coin was made of 80% silver and 20% copper, but as the value of a free-floating silver price became higher, the coins' bullion value became more valuable than their face value and so were withdrawn from circulation.
| Preceded by: Five shilling note (Australian) |
Fifty Cents (Australian) 1966 |
Succeeded by: Fifty cent coin (Australian) |
Australian currency
| Topics: Australian dollar | Reserve Bank of Australia | Royal Australian Mint |
| Coins: ¢1 | ¢2 | ¢5 | ¢10 | ¢20 |
| Banknotes: $1 |$2 |$5 | $10 | $20 | $50 | $100 |
| Historic: Pound sterling | Australian pound | ½d | 1d | 3d | 6d | 1/- | 2/- | 5/- | 10/- | £1 | £5 | £10 | £20 | £50 | £100 | £1000 |
