Fifty Cents | Royal Australian Mint

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1966 36.5

force No fifty cent coins were produced in 1967 or 1968 1967
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– Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1969 14.0 aries Commemorating the bicentennial of James Cook ’ sulfur 1770 voyage. Based on a paint by John Webber. The inclusion of Cook ’ south signature was thought to be the first use of a fax signature on a coin. Designed by Stuart Devlin . 1970 16.5 ram Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1971
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force Commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Based on a central wattle blossom symbol of Australia surrounded by 25 overlapping crowns. Designed by Stuart Devlin . 1977 25.0 ram Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1978
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jam Commemorating the marriage of HRH the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. Designed by Stuart Devlin . 1981 20.0 RMLL Commemorating the Brisbane XII Commonwealth Games. Incorporates the Games symbol designed by Hugh Edwards to reflect the shape of a kangaroo in full flight. Designed by Stuart Devlin . 1982 49.6 jam Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1983
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ram Celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of decimal currentness. The original effigy of the stud ram Uardry 0.1 by George Kruger Gray used on the british shilling from 1937 to 1964 was reworked by interior designer Horst Hahne . 1991 4.7 aries No fifty cent coins were produced in 1992 1992 – – Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1993 1.0 ram Celebrating the United Nations International year of the Family. Designed by Carolyn Rosser . 1994 21.3 aries Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the goal of World War 2 .
Designed by Louis Laumen and Horst Hahne, sculpted by Horst Hahne . 1995 15.9 ram Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1996
1997 19.3
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aries Commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of the ocean trip of Bass and Flinders .
Designed by Vladimir Gottwald . 1998 22.4 aries Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 1999 20.3 random-access memory Celebrating the millennium. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald 2000 16.6 force Commemorating the chew the fat of Queen Elizabeth II. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald . 2000 5.1 crash Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the 1912 Commonwealth Coat of Arms granted by King George V . 2001 43.1 RAM

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Canberra, granted by King George V in 1928. Designed by CR Wylie . 2001 2.0 crash Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of NSW, granted by King Edward VII in 1906. Designed by William Applegate Gullick . 2001 3.0 ram Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Norfolk Island, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1980 . 2001 2.2 aries Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of the Northern Territory, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1978 . 2001 2.1 random-access memory Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Queensland, the oldest in Australia, granted by Queen Victoria in 1893 . 2001 2.3 random-access memory Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of South Australia, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1984, replacing the original granted in 1936 . 2001 2.4 jam Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Tasmania, granted by King George V in 1917 . 2001 2.2 crash Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Victoria, granted by King George V in 1910 . 2001 2.8 random-access memory Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Western Australia, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1969 . 2001 2.4 force Commemorating the year of the Outback. Designed and sculpted by Wojciech Pietranik . 2002 11.5 aries Commemorating Australia ’ mho volunteers. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald . 2003 13.9 aries elementary School design contest winner John Serrano. Sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald . 2004 10.2 ram Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 2004 17.9 ram Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the end of World War 2. This design was inspired by a photograph in the Australian War Memorial collection of a scene of a burying at El Alamein in 1942. Designed and sculpted by Wojciech Pietranik . 2005 26.6 ram junior-grade School Commonwealth Games Design competition winner. Designed by Kelly Just. Sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald . 2005 20.5 jam Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 2006
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aries Commemorating Australia Day. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald . 2010 11.4 aries Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 2010
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crash Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies – AIATSIS .
Featuring the AIATSIS logo, based on the boomerang totem of the Gu ’ na ’ nickel ( Kunjen ) people of north Queensland . 2014 3.0 ram Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 2014
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ram 2016 obverse design to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of decimal currentness 2016 7.0 aries Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 2016 25.5 aries fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 referendum and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Mabo decision .
Designed in collaboration with Boneta-Marie Mabo, and Eddie ‘ Koiki ’ Mabo ’ s granddaughter . 2017 1.4 ram Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 2017
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promote information on the words and languages featured on the coin can be found here 2019 2.0** aries Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin 2019 ( IRB )
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2021 1.05
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