50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - The Man from Snowy River) 2020 front 50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - The Man from Snowy River) 2020 back
50 Cents - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - The Man from Snowy River) 2020 photo
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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - The Man from Snowy River

2020 year
Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) 14.09 g 31.51 mm
Description
Issuer
Australia
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
2020
Value
50 Cents 0.50 AUD = USD 0.34
Currency
Dollar (1966-date)
Composition
Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel)
Weight
14.09 g
Diameter
31.51 mm
Thickness
3 mm
Shape
Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#230731
Rarity index
74%

Reverse

Various men riding horses cracking whips and rounding up brumbies

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50
The Man from Snowy River
AWB

Designer: Adam Ball

Edge

12 Sided Smooth

Comment

Released by the RAM is this Aluminium-bronze 50 cent NCLT coin commemorating the Treasured Australian Poetry of Australia’s beloved bush balladeer, Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson. It is issued in a coincard either singly or as part of a three coin set. The coin depicts his classic poem The Man from Snowy River