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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Coral and Balmoral
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BATTLES of CORAL & BALMORAL 1968 AB 50 |
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Released as part of the Royal Australian Mint's ongoing program of circulating commemoratives, this piece pairs two residences — one Pacific, one Scottish — under a broadly "royal homes" theme that was more marketing conceit than numismatic necessity. The Balmoral estate was purchased by Prince Albert in 1852 with his own funds, making it private royal property rather than Crown property, a distinction that persists today. Coral, presumably a reference to a Pacific Island jurisdiction associated with the Australian Crown, rounds out a pairing that feels geographically strained.