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50 cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Australian Railway Heritage - CR
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse description | The sixth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark is depicted in right-facing profile, the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a flat field. The circular legend reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2022 50 CENTS, with the engraver's initials JC appearing below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2022 50 CENTS JC |
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The "CR" designation here refers to a coloured release, with pad printing applied directly to the coin's surface — a technique the Royal Australian Mint has refined considerably since its early coloured issues of the 2000s, when ink adhesion and colour registration were persistent problems. Australia's railway heritage series draws on a network whose origins lie in the colonial-era chaos of incompatible gauges: New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia each built to different specifications, a problem that wasn't fully resolved until the standard gauge line between Sydney and Perth was completed in 1970.