Elizabeth II - 50 Cents 1994 Year of the Family - Australia

Country: Australia, British Commonwealth
Queen: Elizabeth II (1952-Date)
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Years: 1994 (Narrow Date)
Value: 50 Cents (0.50)
Currency: Dollar (1966-date)
Composition: Copper-Nickel
Weight: 15.3 g
Diameter: 31.5 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Shape: Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique: Milled
Mintage: 19,580,300
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Grade: XF45
References: KM# 257, Schön# 244

Commemorative issue:
International Year of the Family.

Obverse:
3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem.

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1994
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Martouf. 

Reverse:
A depiction of a family as would be drawn by a child and the United Nations symbol for the International Year of the Family to the right.

Lettering:
AUSTRALIA
1994
50
cents

Designer: Carolyn Rosser.

Edge:
12 Sided Smooth.

Mint:
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date).

Comments:
The year 1994 celebrated the International Year of the Family and was promoted in Australia the release of this 50 cent coin into circulation by the Royal Australian Mint. The coin was included in the 1994 Mint & Proof sets as well as the Gumnut Baby Mint Set

Two variants of this coin exist. Wide and narrow date versions are in known. The Mint Sets & PNC appear to contain the wide date variety.
The wide date is the rarer of the two versions consisting of approximately 6% of coins minted.

Riferimento : KM# 257, Schön# 244

Fonte : https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/worl...

Collezione : Elizabeth II - Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022)