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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - 60 Years Supercars - Ford XE Falcon
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A pad-printed full-colour depiction of Dick Johnson's No. XMO Motorcraft-sponsored Ford XE Falcon touring car as raced in the 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship, rendered in green livery with sponsor legends XMO, Motorcraft, TAA, and Palmer Tube Mills visible on the bodywork. A chequered flag is shown unfurling in the upper field behind the vehicle. The arc legend 60 YEARS - SUPERCARS - ATCC 1984 - Ford XE Falcon runs around the upper periphery of the field, while the denomination numeral 50 appears in raised relief at lower left. The overall composition celebrates six decades of Australian Supercars motorsport history. |
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The XE Falcon, produced from 1982 to 1984, was the homologation basis for Dick Johnson's and Peter Brock's factory-backed touring car campaigns during one of the most commercially driven periods in Australian motorsport. Ford's decision to shift from the XD's more angular body to the XE's aerodynamic profile was directly tied to circuit performance requirements, not just consumer preference. The pad-printing technique used here allows color reproduction impossible through conventional coin dies, a production method the Royal Australian Mint began applying to commemorative fifty-cent pieces in the 2010s.