Fifty Cents 2024 Christmas Decoration - Festive Florals, Coin from Australia - detailed information

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 coin was issued for the festive season and is part of a Royal Australian Mint series of coins meant as a Christmas Decoration.

The mint says about it:
A number of native Australian plants that flower in December each year have traditionally been seen as heralds of the Christmas season. One of these is the striking Western Australian Christmas tree - Nuytsia floribunda, which the Royal Australian Mint celebrates with this stunning 2024 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coins, the sixth release in the Mint’s ongoing Christmas coin program. With its riotous display of golden flowers in the dry outback landscape, the distinctive Western Australian Christmas tree celebrates a summer Christmas in Australia.

The Royal Australian Mint celebrates the upcoming festive season with the new 2024 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coins inspired by our native flora. The striking canopy of the Western Australia Christmas tree is gloriously reimagined as a festive Christmas wreath.

The gorgeous coin design is further enhanced by the hanging decoration card available in five translucent summer colours, gilded with gold foil accents.