No fifty cent coins were produced in 1992Ĭelebrating the United Nations International Year of the Family. The original image of the stud ram Uardry 0.1 by George Kruger Gray used on the shilling from 1937 to 1964 was reworked by designer Horst Hahne. Designed by Michael MacLellan Tracey.Ĭelebrating the 25th anniversary of decimal currency. Designed by Stuart Devlin.Ĭommemorating the Australian Bicentenary. Incorporates the Games symbol designed by Hugh Edwards to reflect the form of a kangaroo in full flight.

Designed by Stuart Devlin.Ĭommemorating the Brisbane XII Commonwealth Games. Designed by Stuart Devlin.Ĭommemorating the marriage of HRH the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.

Based on a central wattle blossom symbol of Australia surrounded by 25 overlapping crowns. Designed by Stuart Devlin.Ĭommemorating the 25th anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. The inclusion of Cook’s signature was thought to be the first use of a facsimile signature on a coin. No fifty cent coins were produced in 1967 or 1968Ĭommemorating the bicentenary of James Cook’s 1770 voyage. Nominal specificationsĬommonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin This denomination has since been used for commemorative designs. The decision to reissue a fifty cent coin considered not only a change to materials but also different shapes to help solve the confusion with the twenty cents.Ī new shape and alloy was reintroduced into circulation in September 1969. The original design featured the Commonwealth Coat of Arms struck on a coin made from 80% silver. However as the silver price rose above the face value of the coin the Mint suspended striking of the coin in March 1968.Īlthough it was rumoured that the Mint had lost money striking the fifty cent, all the metal used in the manufacture of the 36.5 million coins produced was purchased before the price rises.Īpart from the uneconomic cost of continuing the issue of the silver fifty cent coins, increasing confusion arose regarding the similarity in sizes between the circular fifty cent and the twenty cent coin. The fifty cent coin was first introduced with decimal currency on 14 February 1966.

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