Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait), Coin from Australia

Coin	Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait)

The Australian 50 cent denomination was first introduced as a silver coin with decimalisation on 14 February 1966, but was changed in 1969 to its current specifications: a large dodecagonal (12-sided) copper-nickel coin; apart from the usual design featuring the Australian Coat of Arms, the denomination is also extensively used to issue circulating commemorative coins with various reverses.

It is one of the heaviest coins in regular circulation in the world.

Coins issued in 2019 have now been in circulation for only four years.

Mint	Royal Australian Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	1,050,000 (1.1 million)

Obverse

The obverse shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019.

Obverse Inscription	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019

Reverse

Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, based on those authorised by Royal Warrant 19 September 1912 - composed of a shield divided into six parts, each containing a representation of the badge of a State. The shield is supported by a kangaroo and an emu. The shield sits on the denomination numerals, 50 [cents]; above the shield is the Federation star. The entire design is set above a field of stylized wattle leaves.

The artist's initials SD (for Stuart Devlin) in (very) tiny letters are in the field below the numerals.

Reverse Inscription	50

Edge	Plain	Edge Inscription	None

Notes

These are the last Australian 50 cent coins featuring the Queen's Fourth Portrait.

On 2 March 2015 the Royal Mint revealed a new effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, which went into production in the United Kingdom that very day. The new portrait was designed by Jody Clark, the first Royal Mint engraver to be chosen to create a definitive royal coinage portrait in over 100 years.

At that time, the Royal Australian Mint decided to continue with the Fourth Portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. This was changed halfway through 2019; consequently, in 2019 some 50 cent coins were issued with the Fourth Portrait and some with the Fifth Portrait.

Production of the coins may be spread over more than one financial year, so that original data may be found in more than one mint report.

The Mint produced 0.224 mln circulating coins in the 2018-2019 financial year.

Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait): Known varieties

Variety	In mint sets
Images
Mintage	Issued: 40,000
Details	Apart from the coins released into circulation, this coin was also issued with a number of mint sets. 1. 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing 2019 Uncirculated Year Set, six coin set with the Moon Landing 5 Cents and the Moon Landing Dollar, Royal Australian Mint Product Code: 10091, issue price: A$25.00
In Sets	50th Anniversary of the Dodecagon 50c Coin, mintage unknown 5 coins: 50 Cents 2019, Machin Effigy, gold-plated, 50 Cents 2019, Maklouf Effigy, 50 Cents 2019, Rank-Broadley Effigy, 50 Cents 2019, Gottwald Effigy, 50 Cents 2019, Jody Clark Effigy Effigies Over Time 2019 Six Coin Uncirculated Set, mintage 20,000 6 coins: $2 Jody Clark Obverse, $1 Gottwald Obverse, 50c Rank-Broadley Obverse, 20c Maklouf Obverse, 10c Machin Obverse, 5c Mary Gillick Obverse
Variety	Proof FDC
Images
Mintage	Issued: unknown
Details	Proof coins in mint sets: 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing 2019 Proof Year Set, six coin set with the Moon Landing 5 Cents and the Moon Landing Dollar, Royal Australian Mint Product Code: 10076, issue price: A$100.00 2019 Milestones and Celebrations Six Coin Set in a presentation case with an engravable plate for a personal message and a choice of “Happy Birthday”, “Anniversary” or “Congratulations” band wraps, issue price: A$130.00.
Variety	Silver Proof FDC
Images
Mintage	Issued: unknown
Material	0.999 Silver
Details	18.24 g of 99.9% silver.
In Set	Last of the Ian Rank-Broadley Effigy 2019 Silver Proof Year Set, mintage 1,000 6 coins: $2 Aboriginal Elder, $1 Mob of Roos, 50 Cents, 20 Cents, 10 Cents, 5 Cents
Variety	Gold Proof FDC
Images
Mintage	Issued: 50
Material	0.9999 Gold
Details	33.63 g of 99.99% gold.
In Set	Last of the Ian Rank-Broadley Effigy 2019 Gold Proof Year Set, mintage 50 6 coins: $2 Aboriginal Elder, $1 Mob of Roos, 50 Cents, 20 Cents, 10 Cents, 5 Cents

Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait): References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Royal Australian Mint		Mintage	link

All (80) coins of type: Fifty Cents

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Fifty Cents 1966 (round, silver)	36,454,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1966
Fifty Cents 1969	14,028,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1969
Fifty Cents 1970 James Cook	16,555,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1970
Fifty Cents 1971	21,066,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1971
Fifty Cents 1972	5,596,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1972
Fifty Cents 1973	4,019,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1973
Fifty Cents 1974	8,973,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1974
Fifty Cents 1975	19,048,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1975
Fifty Cents 1976	27,301,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1976
Fifty Cents 1977 Coat of Arms	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1977
Fifty Cents 1977 Silver Jubilee	25,131,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1977
Fifty Cents 1978	25,804,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1978
Fifty Cents 1978 Fiji Mule	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1978
Fifty Cents 1979	24,922,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1979
Fifty Cents 1980	38,749,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1980
Fifty Cents 1981	24,254,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1981
Fifty Cents 1981 Royal Wedding	20,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1981
Fifty Cents 1982 XII Commonwealth Games	49,600,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1982
Fifty Cents 1983	49,003,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1983
Fifty Cents 1984	26,342,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1984
Fifty Cents 1985	1,075,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1985
Fifty Cents 1986 (mint sets only)	247,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1986
Fifty Cents 1987 (mint sets only)	270,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1987
Fifty Cents 1988 Coat of Arms	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1988
Fifty Cents 1988 Bicentenary	8,206,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1988
Fifty Cents 1989 (mint sets only)	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1989
Fifty Cents 1990 (mint sets only)	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1990
Fifty Cents 1991 25th Anniversary of Decimal Currency	4,700,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1991
Fifty Cents 1992 (mint sets only)	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1992
Fifty Cents 1993	1,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1993
Fifty Cents 1994 International Year of the Family	21,239,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1994
Fifty Cents 1995 50th Anniversary of the End of WW2	15,908,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1995
Fifty Cents 1996	19,297,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1996
Fifty Cents 1997	4,340,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1997
Fifty Cents 1998 Bass and Flinders	22,422,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1998
Fifty Cents 1999	20,346,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1999
Fifty Cents 2000 Millennium	16,665,153	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000
Fifty Cents 2000 Royal Visit	5,100,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Portrait by Gottwald	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Australia	43,300,936	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Australian Capital Territory	2,085,539	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - New South Wales	3,103,556	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Norfolk Island	2,230,114	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Northern Territory	2,143,029	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Queensland	2,403,190	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - South Australia	2,464,886	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Tasmania	2,222,668	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Victoria	2,883,106	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Western Australia	2,400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Fifty Cents 2002 Year of the Outback	11,665,062	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2002
Fifty Cents 2003 Volunteers	13,927,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2003
Fifty Cents 2004	17,918,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2004
Fifty Cents 2004 Primary School design	10,200,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2004
Fifty Cents 2005 (PNC only)	30,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2005
Fifty Cents 2005 60th Anniversary of the End of WWII	26,600,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2005
Fifty Cents 2005 Commonwealth Games	20,500,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2005
Fifty Cents 2006	59,300,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2006
Fifty Cents 2007	19,900,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2007
Fifty Cents 2008	33,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2008
Fifty Cents 2009	19,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2009
Fifty Cents 2010	22,200,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2010
Fifty Cents 2010 Australia Day	11,400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2010
Fifty Cents 2011	14,400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2011
Fifty Cents 2012	17,600,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2012
Fifty Cents 2013	18,800,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2013
Fifty Cents 2014	17,700,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2014
Fifty Cents 2014 AIATSIS	3,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2014
Fifty Cents 2015	19,400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2015
Fifty Cents 2016	25,500,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2016
Fifty Cents 2016 Changeover	7,001,661	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2016 FIFTY YEARS
Fifty Cents 2017	8,200,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2017
Fifty Cents 2017 Mabo	1,400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2017
Fifty Cents 2018	4,660,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2018
Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait)	1,050,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019
Fifty Cents 2019 Indigenous Languages	2,070,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019
Fifty Cents 2019 (Fifth Portrait)	870,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2019
Fifty Cents 2020	720,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2020
Fifty Cents 2021	1,440,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2021
Fifty Cents 2022	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2022
Fifty Cents 2023	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2023
Fifty Cents 2023 Memorial Obverse	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 1952 - 2022 · AUSTRALIA 2023

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Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait): Details

Country	Australia
Currency	Australian Dollar
Coin Type	Fifty Cents Coat of Arms
Issued	2019
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Effigy	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse	Coat of Arms of Australia, 1912
Face Value	50 (x Cent)
Total Mintage	1,050,000 (1.1 million)
Current	Yes
Material	CuproNickel
Designer	Stuart Devlin
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Dodecagon - twelve sides
Orientation	Coin Alignment (Axis 6)
Size	31.6500 mm
Mass	15.5500 g
OCC ID	GAVP-EXAC-ABMD-OMDY

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Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait): Photos

Image	Details
	Last of the Ian Rank-Broadley Effigy - 50c Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Gold Proof. Source
	Last of the Ian Rank-Broadley Effigy - 50c Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Gold Proof. Source
	Last of the Ian Rank-Broadley Effigy - 50c Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Silver Proof. Source
	Last of the Ian Rank-Broadley Effigy - 50c Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Silver Proof. Source
	Effigies Over Time - 2019 Six Coin Uncirculated Set Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Mint set packaging. Source
	2019 50c Uncirculated Five Coin Set with a Gold Plated Coin Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Mint set packaging. Source
	50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Proof. Source
	Proof Coin 50 Cents 2019 Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Notes: Proof. Source
	50 Cents 2019 Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Source
	50 Cents 2019 Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Source

Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait): Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Australia KM# 404

Fifty Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait), Coin from Australia - detailed information