| Coin | Fifty Cents 2022 Commonwealth Games |
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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.
Apart from circulating coins, the Royal Australian Mint has a range of Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) 50 cent coins issued for collectors, such as this one.
This gold plated coin was issued to mark the Australian participation in the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England (28 July to 8 August 2022).
The Mint says:
To celebrate these Games and support the Australian Commonwealth Games Team, the Royal Australian Mint is releasing a commemorative 2022 50c Gold-Plated Uncirculated Coin. This coin is certain to appeal to Commonwealth Games participants and their supporters, as well as coin collectors and enthusiasts.
No coins of this type were released into circulation. |
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The obverse of the coin depicts the crowned old bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem crown worn for her Coronation (effigy known as the "Fifth Portrait" worldwide but "Sixth Portrait" in Australia, where the Queen's portrait by Vladimir Gottwald was fifth).
The Queen also wears the Coronation Necklace; originally made for Queen Victoria in 1858, it was also worn at the coronations (as Queen's Consort) of Queen Alexandra in 1902, Queen Mary in 1911 and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen mother) in 1937.
Unlike on British coinage, the effigy is "uncouped" (includes the Queen's shoulders). In small letters on the left, the artist's initials JC (for Jody Clark).
Running continuously around the rim is the monarch's legend, the date of issue and the face value: ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2022 · 50 CENTS ·.
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The reverse design shows athletes (man playing cricket and woman playing volleyball) and a para-athlete on a background of rows of emus and kangaroos (the supporters of both the Australian Coat of Arms and of the logo of the Australian Commonwealth Games team). The background is partly obscured by part of the logo of the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Above left, the logo of the Australian Commonwealth Games team - vertically, the letters AUS (for Australia), supported by a kangaroo on the left and an emu on the right, below which the inscription COMMONWEALTH GAMES.
Diagonally below right, BIRMINGHAM 2022. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
AUS COMMONWEALTH GAMES BIRMINGHAM 2022 |
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| Edge | Plain | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated.
Packaging: in blister card.
RAM Product Code: 10868.
Date of issue: 2 June 2022
Issue price: AU$ 25.00 |
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| See also |
Australian coins commemorating the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022 include:
- 1/2 oz Silver Coloured, Commonwealth Games, 2022
- $2 AlBr Coloured, Commonwealth Games - Letter A, 2022
- $2 AlBr Coloured, Commonwealth Games - Letter U, 2022
- $2 AlBr Coloured, Commonwealth Games - Letter S, 2022
- $1 AlBr Coloured, Commonwealth Games, 2022
- $1 AlBr, Commonwealth Games - Integrity, 2022
- $1 AlBr, Commonwealth Games - Respect, 2022
- $1 AlBr, Commonwealth Games - Excellence, 2022
- $1 AlBr, Commonwealth Games - Inclusiveness, 2022
- 50 Cents Copper-Nickel (Gold Plated), Commonwealth Games, 2022
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