Silver Half Ounce 2016 Newborn Baby, Coin from Australia - detailed information

Silver Half Ounce 2016 Newborn Baby, Coin from Australia
CoinSilver Half Ounce 2016 Newborn Baby

The Australian half ounce silver piece (abbreviated as 1/2 oz and designated with Ag for "silver") is a bullion and commemorative coin format. 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 to introduce new designs and themes often, in order to raise the numismatic value of the coins over the value of previous metal used.

This silver half-ounce coin by the Perth Mint is intended as a gift on the occasion of a newborn baby.

The Mint says about it:
"The untold joy at the arrival of a newborn is worthy of a timeless gift. Whether it’s presented to the doting parents or given to the baby to treasure through life, this lovely coin represents a fitting way to celebrate.

In western folklore, parents have told their children for centuries that babies are delivered by a stork. As an Australian take on this legend, the coin’s reverse depicts a cute Australian kookaburra carrying a sleeping newborn baby in a swaddling cloth."

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Obverse
Australia / Silver Half Ounce 2016 Newborn Baby - obverse photo

The obverse of the coin 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, the date of issue and the value: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1/2 OZ 999 Ag 2016 50 CENTS.

The inscription around the rim also incorporates the precious metal content. "1/2 OZ 999 Ag" means "one half of an ounce of 99.9% silver" - Ag is abbreviated from the Latin word for silver, Argentum.

Obverse Inscription ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1/2 OZ 999 Ag 2016 50 CENTS
Reverse
Australia / Silver Half Ounce 2016 Newborn Baby - reverse photo

The coloured reverse of the coin "depicts a cute Australian kookaburra carrying a sleeping newborn baby in a swaddling cloth". Surrounding the scene, native Australian foliage.

Around above left, the inscription CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BABY.

The P mint mark of the Perth Mint is below left. The designer's initials AH (for Alyesha Howarth) are below right.

Reverse Inscription CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BABY
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Note that the Mint-supplied image of the reverse is actually from previous years, when the precious metal content was on the reverse.

Finish: proof, coloured.
Packaging: in a gift card providing space to write the baby’s details and a family tree, as well as a framed sleeve to house a photograph. There is a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Perth Mint Item ID: 16Y34AAD
Issue price: AU$ 65.00, US$ 45.39

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Silver Half Ounce 2001 Year of the Snake 32,927 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA · 50 CENTS ·
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Silver Half Ounce 2015 War in the Pacific - Battle of the Coral Sea 1,185,003 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1/2oz 999 SILVER 2015 50 CENTS
Silver Half Ounce 2015 Great Hammerhead Shark (100,000) Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA · 50 CENTS ·
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Silver Half Ounce 2017 Victory in the Pacific 200,000 Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1/2oz 999 SILVER 2017 50 CENTS
Silver Half Ounce 2017 Australian Saltwater Crocodile unknown Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA · 50 CENTS ·
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Silver Half Ounce 2016 Newborn Baby: Details
CountryAustralia
CurrencyAustralian Dollar
Coin TypeSilver Half Ounce (1/2 oz)
Issued2016
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
EffigyQueen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley
Face Value50 (x Cent)
Mintageunknown
CurrentYes
Material0.999 Silver
DesignerAleysha Howarth
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size36.6000 mm
Thickness2.300 mm
Mass15.5910 g
OCC IDDKLM-EMKC-YPGB-ENZB
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