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1 Florin - George VI 50 Years of Federation
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Value | 1 Florin (0.1) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a crossed sceptre and sword beneath an imperial crown, above the seven-pointed Commonwealth Star (Federation Star). The five stars of the Southern Cross constellation are arranged in the surrounding field. The commemorative dates 1901 and 1951 flank the central motif, marking the fiftieth anniversary of Australian Federation. The legend AUSTRALIA appears at the top and FLORIN at the bottom, with a small ornamental star separating the syllables FLO and RIN. |
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Australia's 1951 Federation jubilee fell awkwardly — the country was celebrating fifty years of nationhood while still processing the death of George VI's father, and within months of this coin's release, George VI himself would be dead. The florin was already a dying denomination; decimal conversion planning had begun informally by the early 1950s, and this would prove one of the last florins struck for general circulation before the series wound down toward the 1966 changeover.
The .500 fine silver content reflects wartime-era alloy reductions that were simply never reversed for Australian coinage.