Item NU 32682 Coin - 50 Cents, Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Commemorative, Australia, 1995

Summary

Australia
Fifty Cent 1995 Weary Dunlop
Mint: Royal Australian Mint Canberra

Physical Description

A twelve-sided cupru-nickel coin (31.5 mm diameter with plain edge) featuring on the obverse a diademed bust of Elizabeth II facing right; around, ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1995. The reverse features between poles to which barbed wire is attached, a bust of "Weary" Dunlop facing three-quarters right and looking down; below, "WEARY" DUNLOP 50; around passing through the barbed wire, THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945

Obverse Description

Head of Elizabeth II crowned and wearing pearl ear-ring and necklace facing right; around, ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1995; incuse on neck truncation the artist's initials RDM (Raphael Maklouf)

Reverse Description

At centre between poles to which barbed wire is attached, a bust of "Weary" Dunlop facing three-quarters right and looking down; below, "WEARY" DUNLOP 50; around passing through the barbed wire, THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945

Edge Description

Plain