The Complete Guide to Australian 50 Cent Coins

This guide gives a complete list of standard sized dodecagonal Australian 50 cent coins issued. Standard coins are 12 sided, made from copper-nickel, weigh 15.55 grams and are 31.55 millimeters in diameter. We’ve also written an article about 50 cent coin values in 2009 and revisited the 50 cent coin value topic again in 2012. The 1966 Round 50 cent Coin coin is always a subject that interests collectors new and old and we’ve written some articles on how much round 50 cent coins are worth.

The 1966 Round 50 cent Coin

1966 Round 50 cent Coin

The Round 50 cent revisited

The round 50 cent coin was also minted in 2006 for the 2006 RAM proof set and again in 2010 for the very limited 2010 Heritage Set. The value of these Australian 50 cent pieces is considerably different to that of the 1966 round 50 cent. It was again issued in 2016 celebrating 50 years of decimal currency with a gold plated cupro-nickel coin, a selectively gold plated silver proof and an 80% silver coin.

2006 Round 50 cent
2010 Round 50 cent

The standard Coat of Arms dodecagonal 50c

The standard dodecagonal Coat of Arms 50 cent 50c
1969 Specimen 50 cent 50c
2005 COA 50c in World Heritage Sites PNC
2009 Gold 50 cent 50c
2012 Special Edition Hyper-Metallic and Selectively Gold Plated 50 cent 50c

Australian Commemorative 50 cent Issues


1970 Captain Cook 50 cent 50c
1977 Silver Jubilee 50 cent 50c
1981 Charles and Diana 50 cent 50c
1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane 50 cent 50c
1988 First Fleet Bicentenary 50 cent 50c
1991 25th Anniversary of Decimal Currency 50 cent 50c
1994 Year of the Family 50 cent 50c
1995 Weary Dunlop 50 cent 50c
1998 Bass and Flinders 50 cent 50c
2000 Millennium 50 cent 50c
2000 Royal Visit 50 cent 50c
2001 Centenary of Federation 50 cent 50c
2001 State Series 50 cent – 9 coins

2002 Year of the Outback 50 cent 50c
2002 50th Anniversary of Accession 50 cent 50c
2003 Australia’s Volunteers 50 cent 50c
2003 50th Anniversary of Coronation 50 cent 50c
2004 Student Design 50 cent 50c
2005 60th Anniversary of WWII Remembrance 50 cent 50c

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games 50c dated 2005 secondary school student design comp.
2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games 50c -16 coins

2006 Queen’s 80th Birthday 50 cent 50c
2006 Royal Visit 50 cent 50c
2007 Royal Diamond 60th Wedding Anniversary50 cent 50c
2008 Scouting Centenary 50 cent 50c
2008 Australia II Victory 50 cent 50c
2009 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing 50 cent 50c
2010 Australia Day 50 cent 50c
2010 150th Anniversary of the Melbourne Cup 50 cent 50c
2010 Royal Engagement 50 cent 50c
2011 60th Anniversary of National Service 50 cent 50c
2011 Royal Wedding 50 cent 50 cent
2011 50 Years of Triple Zero Emergency Call Service 50 cent
2012 The Royal Diamond Jubilee (Stuart Devlin) 50 cent
2012 Bombing of Australia 1942 Impact Zone (Shores Under Siege Set) 50 cent
2012 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 50 cent (Michael Meszaros) (silver and gold proofs only)
2012 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Trail 50 cent
2012 50th Anniversary of the Australian Ballet 50 cent
2013 50th Anniversary of Surfing Australia 50 cent
2013 50 Years of the Bathurst Endurance Race 50 cent
2013 100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps 50 cent (also in PNC)
2013 100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps 50 cent M Counterstamp (in Stamp Expo PNC)
2013 Centenary of Australian Banknotes (in 2 coin set)
2013 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 50 cent
2013 Royal Baby 50 cent
2014 AIATSIS 50th Anniversary of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies coloured 50c
2014 AIATSIS 50th Ann. circulation 50 cent
Australia at War subscription program part of the Anzac Centenary Coin Program
18 coins over 3 years, the first 3 coins issued 2/6/14
2014 Battle of Cocos 50c
2014 German New Guinea 50c
2014 Boer War coloured 50 cent
2014 Australian Flying Corps
2014 Gallipoli Campaign
2014 The Western Front

2015 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program El Alamein 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2015 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Greece 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2015 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Crete 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2015 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Empire Air Training Scheme Coloured 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2015 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Tobruk 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2015 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program War in the Pacific Coloured 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2015 50th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Mint -a honeycomb design of the 50c shape in copper-nickel, coloured and gold-plated
2015 Royal Baby (Girl) 50 cent
2015 Longest-Reigning Commonwealth Monarch 50c (issue price $10, max mintage 50,000)

2016 50th Anniversary Decimal Changeover Commemorative obverse
2016 The Battle of Pozieres, The Western Front Series 1916-2016 (1st coin, issue price $10, mintage 15,000)
2016 The Battle of Fromelles, The Western Front Series 1916-2016 (2nd coin, issue price $10, mintage 15,000)
2016 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Afghanistan 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2016 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Vietnam War Coloured 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2016 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Gulf Wars Coloured 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2016 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Korean War 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2016 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Malayan Emergency 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2016 Australia at War ANZAC Centenary Coin Program Indonesian Confrontation 50c. (issue price $10, mintage 50,000)
2016 50 Years of Play School 3 coins
2016 CuNi Gold Plated Round 50 cent for 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency (issue price $20, mintage 21,966) Mintage includes Mint Open Day Packaging
(Also issued for the World Money Fair Packaging -Berlin with WMF Privymark)
2016 Selectively Gold Plated Round Fine Silver 50 cent Proof
2016 Holden Heritage Collection 11 Car Coins and a Special 160 Years of Holden Heritage Issue 11 coloured vehicle coins and one 160 years of Holden Heritage uncoloured coin.

2017 Ford Classic Collection 11 coloured Car Coins and a special 1925-2016 Ford Australia-The Manufacturing Era Issue uncoloured 50 cent
11 Ford coloured coins sold individually:
Model T, Model 40 ute, Mainline, XK Falcon, Cortina MK1, XR Falcon GT, GT-HO Phase III, XA Falcon, ZH Fairlane, XC Falcon Cobra, XE Falcon ESP
2017 Richie Benaud 50c. The Voice of Cricket (issue price $10, mintage 95,929)
2017 Sir Jack Brabham coloured 50c (issue price $13.50, mintage capped at 30,000)
2017 Pride and Passion Mabo 50c circulation
2017 The Battle of Bullecourt, The Western Front Series 1917-2017 50c. (3rd coin, issue price $10, mintage 15,000)
2017 The Battle of Passchendaele, The Western Front Series 1917-2017 50c. (4th coin, issue price $10, mintage 15,000)
2017 70th Anniversary of the Royal Wedding Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip (issue price $12.50, mintage capped at 30,000)

2018 Possum Magic 50c. Uncoloured in baby mint set, coloured proof in baby proof set

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Current Coin Values, Bullion Prices and Exchange Rates

AUD $16.65
Australian 1966 Round 50c
AUD $972.11
Gold Sovereign
AUD $1,216.95
Australian $200 Gold Coin
AUD $48.75
Silver Price (per Oz)
AUD $4,129.23
Gold Price (per Oz)
USD $0.6441
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These values are updated hourly using New York market prices. Coin values are purely the value of the gold or silver they contain and do not account for any numismatic value.
Prices Last Updated: 10:04 10 Dec 2024

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