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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait - Royal Visit
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley (obverse); Vladimir Gottwald (reverse) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | ROYAL VISIT 2000 50 |
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Issued to mark Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Australia in 2000 — her fourteenth visit to the country since her first in 1954 — this coin appeared during a year already crowded with commemorative issues tied to the Sydney Olympics. The Royal Australian Mint produced several competing commemorative programs that year, and this piece sits among the quieter ones in terms of collector attention despite the significance of the occasion.
The 5th Portrait, sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, had only been introduced across Commonwealth coinage in 1998.