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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 1916 Lost but not Forgotten
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim and AUSTRALIA along the upper right rim. The denomination 50 CENTS appears at the lower right, with 1/2 oz 999 SILVER and the date 2016 inscribed along the lower left. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the Queen's truncation. The portrait is set against a polished proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA IRB 1/2 oz 999 SILVER 2016 50 CENTS |
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Issued to mark the centenary of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest engagements in military history — British and Commonwealth forces suffered nearly 60,000 casualties on the first day of July alone. The "Lost but not Forgotten" series from the Perth Mint used pad printing, a technique borrowed from industrial manufacturing that allows photographic-quality colour imagery on a curved metallic surface, a departure from traditional enamel inlay used on earlier commemoratives.