With you: 1966 round 50 cent coin australia value
| BUY VOX COIN | 7 month aa coin |
| 1101 COIN PRICE | |
| VERGE COIN VALUE |
50 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd Portrait - Round type
© Museum Victoria
Features
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Queen | Elizabeth II (1952-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Year | 1966 |
| Value | 50 Cents 0.50 AUD = 204 AMD |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.800) |
| Weight | 13.28 g |
| Diameter | 31.5 mm |
| Thickness | 2.55 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| References | KM# 67 |
Obverse
2nd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1966
Designer:Arnold Machin
Reverse
Australian coat of arms with large numerical denomination below
Lettering:
50
SD
Designer:Stuart Devlin
Edge
Reeded
© Mike Bentley
Mint
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)Comments
The round Australian 50 cent piece was introduced at the changeover to decimal currency in Australia in 1966. It is the only circulating round 50 cent piece, containing 80% silver and 20% copper. It was not long before the value of the silver content far outweighed the fifty cent face value and it was withdrawn from production and replaced in 1969 with the Copper-nickel dodecagonal (12 sided) shape. Despite them being withdrawn from circulation many millions of the coins were hoarded by the Australian public.
Over 18,000 Proof Sets containing the round silver 50 cent were issued but due to the coins being open to the elements a lot of them have become very toned.
Various Uncirculated sets were also issued. This is one of the 77,250 Blue Card Sets.
This image shows the differences between the common version and the rarer "Double Bar" variety.
See also
Manage my collection
To manage your collection, please log in.
| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 36,252,000 | 3,668.09 | 3,705.77 | 3,869.08 | 3,900.48 | 4,673.04 | 6,010.89 | 97% | Circulation | |
| 1966 | 1.6% | Double Bar Variety; see comments | ||||||||
| 1966 | 18,054 | 70,792.84 | 1.5% | Proof Open Year Set | ||||||
| 1966 | 70 | 0.2% | UNC Operation Fastbuck Set | |||||||
| 1966 | 1.1% | UNC Valentines Day Set | ||||||||
| 1966 | 520 | 0.08% | UNC VIP Presentation Wallet | |||||||
| 1966 | 12,260 | 0.2% | UNC Year Set Reserve Bank Coloured Wallets | |||||||
| 1966 | 77,250 | 0.8% | UNC Year Set in Blue Card | |||||||
| 1966 | 15,809 | 0.6% | UNC Year Set in Blue Vinyl Wallet | |||||||
Values in the table above are expressed in AMD. They are based on evaluations by Numista users and sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as a measure, but 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: MagaliDubois, bmclean, sangriablanca, Boubymomo, Philolive, coinsmor, Myeackle, floyd1, Essor Prof, Nguyen Linh, robertmx, despot76, AnSeTu017, boule02de, moineau25, pjrcavaco, denni_au, tom tom, J-J.Doubrovski, cecuartas, yvon, borzacsko, BMPJ, chris59, trjodea, rmj, jbEE, Erythropygia, KAMPDEN, muzz0000, COWCurrency, carlos47, Sleepybird, kugla …
» See the details of the coins available for swap
Bullion value: 4,703.88 AMDSearch tips
» Buy coins from Australia
Contribute to the catalog
Modify or add data on this pageMatch past online sales
Register a past auction sale
-