50 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Bass and Flinders

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1998
Value	50 Cents 0.50 AUD = USD 0.36
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	15.55 g
Diameter	31.51 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 9557
References	KM# 364 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 376 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

See 50 swap offers

View sale offers

Commemorative issue

200th Anniversary of the Discovery of Bass Strait

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1998
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Portraits of Bass and Flinders, a map of part of Australia and all of Tasmania and a depiction of the route they took

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Sydney
GEORGE BASS
50
G
DISCOVERY OF
BASS STRAIT
1798 - 1998
MATTHEW FLINDERS

Designer: Vladimir Gottwald

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

Mint

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

Comments

The RAM released this coin into general circulation to commemorate the Bicentennial of the discovery of Bass Strait. The coin was included in the Proof & BU sets & Baby Proof & BU sets for 1998.

It was also released in a very popular PNC by Australia Post on 10/9/1998. (82,004 Copies)

3,000 special overprinted copies of the PNC were issued at the Sydney ANDA coin show also.

A special release of the coin was done by Note Printing Australia in a limited set of banknotes and coins. (1,000 Copies)

The Bass Strait sits between Australia and Tasmania. Bass & Flinders's expedition proved that Tasmania was an island. During the voyage in 1798 in the sailing boat the "Norfolk", Bass and Flinders circumnavigated the island of Tasmania establishing that it was in fact separated from the main part of Australia. George Bass and Matthew Flinders were leading the expedition. The Strait was named after Bass and an island in the Bass Strait is named after Flinders.

Present in sets

Manage my collection

Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection.

Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1998	1 000								BU in Note Printing Australia Set	0.08%
1998	82 004							$ 11	BU in PNC	1.2%
1998	3 000								BU in PNC Sydney ANDA	0.17%
1998	31 810								BU Koala Baby Year Set	0.08%
1998	74 108							$ 5.40	BU Year Set	2%
1998	22 389 200	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.58	$ 1.30	$ 1.30	$ 1.70	$ 2.90	Circulation	96%
1998	5 269								Proof Koala Baby Year Set	0.2%
1998	32 225								Proof Year Set	1.4%

Values in the table above are expressed in USD. They are based on evaluations by Numista users and sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only; they are not intended to be relied upon for buying, selling or exchanging. Numista does not buy or sell coins or banknotes.

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

Get this coin

Members from this site want to exchange it: dnovako, Adron, muzz0000, JeChuisEuro, Sleepybird, ybigdan, kevinh, mitch0366, Toteu_Safian, bbybugs, goodasgold, Wooza, forzafiume100, aephi, Sisilija, cyprusalexander, alamir, ananthk, Hudster57LFC, crimea62, Dazhbog II, Sumair, rmj, AA Numismatics, mishak, zdravko, Essor Prof, Canterbury17, aheras, pat083, BeltramiP, sangriablanca, azhardanish, tonidefrancia, robertmx, Garwudziel, quartz, PolishConduit32, drraveeks, Robert T, one, kever, Roguey, Bharat sai kumar, JYJH, Raulcoins1983, Chronical, uzifox, Cycnos, igelkott…

» See the details of the coins available for swap

Numista Rarity index: 7 Search tips

This index is based on the data of Numista members collections. It ranges from 0 to 100, 0 meaning a very common coin or banknote and 100 meaning a rare coin or banknote among Numista members.

Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 146 Lot 2711	14 Dec 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 138 Lot 2480	27 Sep 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 126 Lot 1450	18 May 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 103 Lot 1734	9 Dec 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 77 Lot 275	11 Feb 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.