You might find out value of Australian 20 cent coins article useful, or this one that talks about what Australian dollar coins are worth. Of course if you’re looking for the value of other Australian coins then you’re going to find some of our other articles helpful. These wont show up too often but they are worth keeping an eye out for.
#Australian rare coins series
In the next issue of this series I’ll cover some rare and valuable 50 cent coins you can look for in your change. So, if you do have a sparkling UNC 1973 50 cent coin you might get a bit of money for it if you list it up on an online auction site. In, fact, these days hardcore decimal collectors are looking for the best quality uncirculated 50 cent coins they can find for their collections. In fact some of the mintages are small by comparison, the 19 coins had mintages of less than 1 million and may be worth putting away for the future if you find them even if they have been circulated. You could take a look at our Aussie silver coin value calculator to work it out.Īnyway, back onto the circulation issues. So what is the round 50 cent coin worth? It depends on the silver price of the day. It does have real silver in it though which is different to all the other 50 cent coins issued and makes it worth a bit even if it is a banged up circulated coin. And before I get onto those, the 1966 round 50 cent is not rare and nor is it particularly valuable. You’ll find that some normal circulation coins have much lower mintages than the commemorative coins, and the fact that they were not hoarded means they can be worth a little more. If your 50c coins are not truly uncirculated expect to get offered face value (though you may get a little more if you try selling them on eBay). When you come to sell them expect considerably less. So these are the prices you can expect to pay for an example of these coins. The mintages and CV’s are from the 2009 Pocket Guide to Australian Coin and Banknotes. It’s worth having a look at the mintages of the commemorative 50 cent coins up until 2000 and the catalogue values of an uncirculated example (there have been a spate of them since then, and I don’t think it’s worth covering them). So sadly most Australian 50 cent coins are anything but rare. The other problem is that the public at the time hoarded these things so there are tens of thousands of money boxes loaded down with uncirculated or near uncirculated examples of them. After all, they were intended to circulate so the Royal Australian Mint churned them out in their millions and tens of millions. See the thing is, a lot of these commemorative coins were minted, and when I say a lot I mean a lot. Well a lot of the time that fifty cent you don’t remember seeing before is usually worth…wait for…50 cents. Sometimes you’ll get a 50 cent in your change and you’ll turn it over and Captain Cook will stare back at you and you’ll either have never seen one before or not have seen one for years and you’ll think….how much is that worth? It must be worth something right? It was minted 38 years ago and you almost never see them any more! Surely an old Australian 50 cent coin is worth some money? After all, some of them are more than 40 years old now! That’s because the 50 cent coin is big, it has been issued with many different commemorative designs since it’s release in 1966 and the large size of the coin means the designs really stick out when you receive them in change. And one of the most popular question about Australian coin values that we get is of course, about what is the value of Australian 50 cent coins that can be found in your change.
One of the most popular Australian coins to collect is the 50 cent coin.
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