Summary
Australia
Fifty Cent 1977
Commemorating the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Mint: Royal Australian Mint Canberra
Commemorative fifty cent coin featuring a wattle blossom within a ring of 25 overlapping crowns. The reverse was designed by Stuart Devlin.
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 1977. The reverse is a wattle blossom within a ring of 25 overlapping crowns with the legend SILVER JUBILEE 50 CENTS between the crowns and the wattle.
Obverse Description
Diademed bust of Elizabeth II facing right; around, ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1977
Reverse Description
At the centre a wattle blossom within a ring of 25 overlapping crowns between which, SILVER JUBILEE 50 CENTS.
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr John P. Sharples - Museum Victoria, 26 Apr 1994
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Date Issued
1977 AD
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Issued By
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Artist
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Artist
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Inscriptions
Obverse: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1977 Reverse: SILVER JUBILEE 50 CENTS
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Cupro Nickel
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
31.5 mm (Width)
Diameter measured flat to flat
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Shape
Dodecagonal
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Keywords
Celebrations, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee, 1977, Royal Anniversaries
