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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Year of the Rat

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Year of the Rat) - obverse50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Year of the Rat) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coins
Year 2020
Value 50 Cents
0.50 AUD = USD 0.36
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 15.37 g
Diameter 31.51 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Tetradecagonal (14-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
182002
References KM# 3843
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Year of the Rat

Series: Lunar Series III

Obverse

6th crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2020
JC

Designer: Jody Clark

Reverse

A rat on a flowering branch
Chinese symbol for rat below

Scripts: Chinese, Latin

Lettering:
50
鼠

Translation: 鼠 = Rat

Designer: Tony Dean

Edge

14 Sided Smooth

50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Year of the Rat) - obverse

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Mint

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

Comments

Released by the Royal Australian Mint is this NCLT Copper-nickel 14 sided coin. The coin was released in a folding coincard. This the ninth 50 cent Lunar Year commemorative 14 sided Tetra-Decagon coin. This is the only RAM series with this shaped coin.




As the Chinese Lunar Calendar ushers in the Year of the Rat, the RAM's innovative tetra-decagon series continues with its ninth annual release. The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a twelve-year cycle. Each year is represented by a different animal, each with its own distinct personality. People born within each lunar year are believed to possess the qualities of that year’s animal, using those traits to achieve success and happiness throughout life.

 

This coin begins Series III of the Lunar Cycle because the Rat is the first animal in the Chinese Lunar Year Cycle.

A Limited Edition PNC (888 Copies) including this coin was also released by Australia Post.


Previous Years releases are:-
2012: Year of the Dragon
2013: Year of the Snake
2014: Year of the Horse
2015: Year of the Goat
2016: Year of the Monkey
2017: Year of the Rooster
2018: Year of the Dog
2019: Year of the Pig

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2020  19 186 $ 11 BU in Coincard 100%
2020  888 BU in Limited Edition PNC 5%

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