Fifty Cents 2019 Christmas Decoration - Twelve Days of Christmas, Coin from Australia - detailed information

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.

The reverse design features a radially symmetric ornamental pattern containing a stylised representation of the following (based on the verses of the Christmas carol):
- six partridges, each in a pear tree,
- twelve doves,
- twelve chickens,
- twelve singing birds,
- six rings,
- twelve geese, each in a nest,
- twelve swans,
- five buckets,
- twelve dancing ladies,
- twelve men leaping,
- twelve drums with drumsticks,
- twelve people, each playing a pipe.

Below right, the value 50 [cents]. The designer's BK (for Bronwyn King) are between the figures in the lower left part of the coin.

The coin designs were approved by the Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance in Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 2) 2019 on 26 Mart 2019.