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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd Portrait - Dodecagonal type - Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Australian Coat of Arms is centrally depicted, featuring the escutcheon supported by a Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) on the dexter side and an Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) on the sinister side, both rendered in fine detail. Above the shield, the seven-pointed Commonwealth Star surmounts a crest, while the six state badges are quartered within the escutcheon. The denomination 50 appears in the lower field alongside the mintmark SD. |
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Australia's 50-cent piece has not circulated in silver since 1966 — the first year of decimal coinage — when rising silver prices forced a switch to copper-nickel within twelve months of introduction. This proof restrike references KM#68a, the dodecagonal type introduced in 1969 that itself replaced the round 50-cent format after just three years, a remarkably short design tenure driven entirely by that same metal-value crisis.