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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 02 - Ford Model 40 Coupe Utility
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as modelled by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II encircles the upper field, with AUSTRALIA and the date 2017 below, accompanied by the designer's initials IRB at the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2017 IRB |
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The Model 40 was Ford Australia's first locally assembled vehicle after the company established its Geelong plant in 1925, and the coupe utility body style — developed in Australia during the 1930s in direct response to farmer demand for a vehicle that could carry a family to church on Sunday and haul livestock feed on Monday — is now widely credited as a distinctly Australian automotive invention. The pad-printing technique applied to this coin allows full-color reproduction directly onto the metal surface, a process the Royal Australian Mint has used selectively for collector issues where conventional relief striking cannot capture automotive detail at this scale.