Gold Half Gram 2023 Mini Emu, Coin from Australia - detailed information

Gold Half Gram 2023 Mini Emu, Coin from Australia
CoinGold Half Gram 2023 Mini Emu

The Australian gold half gram coin is a mini-coin format occasionally used to complement issues in larger sizes. Uniquely, in Australia there are two mints authorised to strike legal tender: the Royal Australian Mint (which also makes the country's circulating coinage) and the Perth Mint which only makes collector and bullion coins, as well as other bullion products.

Both mints endeavour to create coins with attractive designs, and have long-running bullion series of coins with different themes. As part of these, they sometimes issue a mini-version of the theme's annual design.

The gold Mini Emu is the thid issue in a Royal Australian Mint series dedicated to the native animals of Australia.

The Mint says about it:
Among our distinctive wildlife, the Emu is perhaps second only to the kangaroo as most recognisably Australian, found across much of the country and displayed on the historic Coat of Arms.

Towering to nearly two metres, Australia’s flightless bird, the Emu, ranks in size second only to the African Ostrich. Indigenous people dined on Emus and their eggs. Emus are found across Australia but are less common along the populated East Coast.

Their relationship with farmers hasn’t always been congenial and in 1932, wheat growers in Western Australia called in the Army to deal with Emu mobs threatening their crops. Soldiers armed with machine-guns inflicted not that many casualties in what is now referred to as the Emu War.

Other than dingoes, grown Emus have no natural predators and habitat loss hasn’t markedly impacted numbers. Consequently Emus are classed as a least-concern species.

MintRoyal Australian Mint Mint MarkNo mint mark Total Mintage 5,000
Obverse
Australia / Gold Half Gram 2023 Mini Emu - obverse photo

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The Queen also wears the Coronation Necklace; originally made for Queen Victoria in 1858, it was also worn at the coronations (as Queen's Consort) of Queen Alexandra in 1902, Queen Mary in 1911 and Queen Elizabeth (the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 1952 - 2022· AUSTRALIA 2023 · 5 DOLLARS ·.

The legend is interrupted by the "memorial" inclusion of the dates of the Queen's reign, 1952 - 2022.

Obverse Inscription ELIZABETH II 1952 - 2022· AUSTRALIA 2023 · 5 DOLLARS ·
Reverse
Australia / Gold Half Gram 2023 Mini Emu - reverse photo

The reverse of the coin depicts an adult emu above a nest with four eggs.

On the left, the designer's monogram EW (for Elyssa Waterford).

Around above, the precious metal content: 1/2 g .9999 Au (one half of a gram of 99.99 gold; Au is abbreviated from Aurum, the Latin word for gold).

Reverse Inscription 1/2 g .9999 Au
EdgePlainEdge InscriptionNone
Notes

Finish: Frosted Uncirculated.
Packaging: in assay blister card.
RAM Product Code: 11338.
Release date: 23 November 2023.
Release price: AU$ 100.00.

See also

Mini Money half gram gold coins:
- 0.5 g Gold, Mini Koala, 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Mini Kookaburra, 2022
- 0.5 g Gold, Mini Emu, 2023

All (23) coins of type: Gold Half Gram (0.5 g)
Coin NameMintageEffigyLegend
Gold Half Gram 2011 Mini Roo 16,852 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2011 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2012 FIFA World Cup (7,500) Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2012 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2013 Mini Roo 9,188 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2013 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2013 Mini Koala 5,980 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2013 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2013 Frilled-Neck Lizard (7,500) Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2013 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2014 Mini Roo 11,805 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2014 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2014 Mini Kookaburra 4,241 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2014 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2014 Mini Koala 3,179 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2014 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2015 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2015 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2015 Mini Koala unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2015 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2015 Australian Wedge-tailed Eagle 5,244 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2015 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2017 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2017 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2018 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2018 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2019 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II 2019 AUSTRALIA · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2020 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II 2020 AUSTRALIA · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2020 End of WWII unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1/2 GRAM 9999 Au 2020 2 DOLLARS
Gold Half Gram 2021 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II 2021 AUSTRALIA · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2021 Mini Koala 5,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2021 · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2022 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2022 Mini Kookaburra 5,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2022 · 5 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2023 Mini Roo unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II 1952 - 2022 · AUSTRALIA · 2 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2023 Mini Emu 5,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark ELIZABETH II 1952 - 2022· AUSTRALIA 2023 · 5 DOLLARS ·
Gold Half Gram 2024 Mini Roo unknown King Charles III - Portrait by Dan Thorne CHARLES III AUSTRALIA · 2 DOLLARS ·
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Gold Half Gram 2023 Mini Emu: Details
CountryAustralia
CurrencyAustralian Dollar
Coin TypeGold Half Gram (0.5 g)
Issued2023
MonarchKing Charles III
EffigyQueen Elizabeth II - Portrait by Jody Clark (Uncouped version)
Face Value2 (x Dollar)
Total Mintage5,000
CurrentYes
Material0.9999 Gold
DesignerElyssa Waterford
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size11.1500 mm
Mass0.5000 g
OCC IDYRVP-OVRC-MJKN-ODQG
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