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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - XVIII Commonwealth Games Shooting
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by engraver Ian Rank-Broadley whose initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the neck. The peripheral legend reads 'ELIZABETH II' to the left and 'AUSTRALIA 2006' to the right, all in raised Latin lettering against a smooth field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2006 IRB |
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The XVIII Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne in March 2006 — the first time Australia had hosted the Games since Brisbane in 1982. The Royal Australian Mint released a series of fifty-cent pieces tied to individual sports on the program, of which shooting was among the more politically contentious inclusions; several Commonwealth nations had debated its place in the Games schedule throughout the preceding decade. These coins entered general circulation alongside the commemorative releases, meaning worn examples are genuinely common.