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50 cents - Charles III 1st Portrait - Steam Giants - South Australia 520 Class No 520
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Technique | Coloured, Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed pad-printed polychrome design depicting a three-quarter front view of the South Australian 520 Class steam locomotive, number 520, travelling from left to right across the field. The locomotive's streamlined Art Deco bodywork, driving wheels, running gear, and boiler fittings are rendered in finely engraved relief against a coloured background of pale blue sky with wisps of steam. The number 520 appears on the front buffer plate of the locomotive. Beneath the engine, a dark green rectangular banner with green lettering bears the inscription SA No 520, identifying the specific locomotive in the series. |
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The 520 class locomotives were built by the South Australian Railways between 1943 and 1947, designed under chief mechanical engineer W.A. Webb to handle the steep grades of the Mount Lofty Ranges on the Adelaide Hills line. Only twelve were ever constructed. Several survived into preservation, with No. 520 itself restored to operational condition at Pichi Richi Railway in the Flinders Ranges — one of the few surviving examples of the type that still moves under steam.