Australian 5 dollar Silver Coin-2000 Olympics

Illustrated below is the first coin issued in the 5 dollar silver coins minted for the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney. Issued in 1997 this is part of a set of 16 coins co-produced by the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and the Perth Mint.

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II - Design by Raphael Maklouf.

Legend: ELIZABETH. II. AUSTRALIA 5 DOLLARS
Reverse: Festival of the Dreaming
Design by Stuart Devlin & Nova Peris-Kneebone
Legend: Sydney 2000
Edge: Plain - with edge lettering.
Legend: GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD
Weight:31.635 grams.
Size:40.50 mm (diameter).
Composition:.925 Silver
Mintage:100,000 - Perth

Mintmarks: P on reverse. (This can be seen just below the turtle on the lower right.)

 

Australian Silver Coins-Sixpences Minted in America

Below are two Australian sixpences minted in America during the Second World War. The reigning monarch was George the 6th. The sixpences were minted at the Denver mint (indicated by the small capital D below the Australian Coat of Arms)

The Australian 1966 Silver 50 Cent Piece

Below is an illustration of the 1966 50 cent piece. 80.0% Silver

The 1966 circular, .800 fine silver Australian 50 cent coin .
It was introduced on the 14th of February 1966.

The Royal Australian Mint in Canberra struck over 36 million 50 cent pieces however rising silver prices halted production. The Mint announced in late 1967 they were no longer releasing them into circulation. 

The silver 50 cent piece was replaced with a copper-nickel dodecagonal (12 sided) issue in 1969, no fifty cent coins having been minted for 1967 or 1968, although the 1966 dated 50c were still being made in 1967.There is very little difference (0.2 grams) in the amount of silver in the pre-1946 florins and the 1966 50c.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This example would be fairly close to uncirculated.