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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait - Gottwald Proof Gold
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain (12-sided) |
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The "Gottwald Proof" designation refers to the obverse portrait by Vladimir Gottwald, a Czech-born sculptor whose fifth-effigy design for Elizabeth II was adopted by the Royal Australian Mint in 2000 following the queen's own approval after dissatisfaction with the Maklouf portrait that had served since 1985. Gottwald's version was never adopted by the Royal Mint in London, making it distinctly Australian.
At 33.63 grams of .999 fine gold in a 50-cent format, the denomination is essentially nominal — a legal fiction anchoring a bullion-grade proof piece to the coinage act.