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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - 100 Years RAAF - Lockheed P-3 Orion
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 15.55 g |
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| Obverse description | The sixth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, depicted with a crowned and draped bust wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace. The portrait, designed by Jody Clark, is rendered in high relief against a plain field. The circular legend around the periphery reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2021 50 CENTS, with the engraver's initials JC appearing below the portrait truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2021 50 CENTS JC |
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The RAAF was founded on 31 March 1921, making 2021 its centenary year — the trigger for a broader commemorative coin program of which this piece forms one part. The P-3 Orion entered RAAF service in 1968, replacing the Lockheed Neptune, and spent decades conducting maritime patrol operations across the Indo-Pacific. Australia's fleet was among the last in the world to retire the type, with the final RAAF Orions withdrawn in 2019 — just two years before this coin was struck, lending the subject a note of recent closure rather than living service.