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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Grey Wolf
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Ian Rank-Broadley Reverse: Aleysha Howarth |
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| Reverse description | A colourised seated grey wolf pup occupies the central field, rendered in fine detail with naturalistic fur texture by engraver Aleysha Howarth, whose initials AH appear in the lower right field. The pup is surrounded by an uncoloured floral and foliage border featuring stylised leaves, small daisy-like flowers, a red-capped mushroom at lower left, and blue forget-me-not blossoms on either side, all in high relief against a mirrored proof field. The inscription GREY WOLF arcs across the upper portion of the field, with 1/2 OZ 999 SILVER inscribed vertically along the right inner border, and the Perth Mint's P mintmark visible to the left of the pup. |
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| Reverse lettering | GREY WOLF 1/2 OZ 999 SILVER |
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Part of the Perth Mint's ongoing Australian Lunar and wildlife series, this piece was produced under the royal Australian coinage framework but issued as a collector item with no meaningful circulation history. The Grey Wolf falls outside Australia's native fauna entirely — Perth Mint has long leveraged international collector appetite for predator-themed silver to drive bullion-adjacent releases marketed primarily to North American and European buyers.
KM#213 mintage figures for this type were capped to sustain secondary market premiums, a standard commercial decision that the Perth Mint refined into near-science during this period.