Australian - 2005 - 50 Cent Coin - XVIII Commonwealth Games 2006

Description: 2005 The fifty (50) cent coin Secondary School Commonwealth Games Design competition winner. Designed by Kelly Just. Sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald. The Royal Australian Mint released this commemorative fifty cent into circulation. Just to confuse you the coin is dated 2005 on the obverse but features "Melbourne 2006 XVIII Commonwealth Games" on the reverse. This coin was designed by 16-year-old Victorian Kelly Just who won a nationwide secondary school competition to design the reverse. Royal Australian Mint (20.5 million) The fifty-cent coin was first introduced with decimal currency on 14 February 1966. The original design featured the Commonwealth Coat of Arms struck on a coin made from 80% silver. However, as the silver price rose above the face value of the coin the Mint suspended striking of the coin in March 1968. Although it was rumored that the Mint had lost money striking the fifty cents, all the metal used in the manufacture of the 36.5 million coins produced was purchased before the price rose. Apart from the uneconomic cost of continuing the issue of the silver fifty cent coins, increasing confusion arose regarding the similarity in sizes between the circular fifty cent and the twenty-cent coin. The decision to reissue a fifty-cent coin considered not only a change to materials but also different shapes to help solve the confusion with the twenty cents. A new shape and alloy were reintroduced into circulation in September 1969. This denomination has since been used for commemorative designs. Features: Issuer: Australia Queen: Elizabeth II (1952-2022) Type:Circulating commemorative Coin Years:2005 Value:50 Cents (0.50 AUD) = USD 0.33* Currency:Dollar (1966-date) Composition: Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% nickel) Weight:15.55 g Diameter:31.51 mm (about 1.24 in) Thickness:3 mm (about 0.12 in) Shape:Dodecagonal (12-sided) Technique:Milled Reference:KM#769 https://www.ramint.gov.au/fifty-cents

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