CountryAustraliaSeriesDodecagonal Type IIYear and Mintmark1988DenominationFifty CentReverse DesignerStuart DevlinObverse DesignerRaphael MakloufWeight15.55gComposition75% Copper 25% Nickel Size31.5mmEdgePlain
The Type II fifty cent was issued from 1985 to 1997 with the Bass and Flinders
commemorative
fifty cent being issued bearing the same obverse portrait in 1998.
The reverse features Stuart Devlin's Coat of Arms design and the obverse features the Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As with
the earlier type Stuart Devlin's initials (SD) can be found on the bottom of the reverse. The series was struck exclusively
at the Royal Australian mint in a cupro-nickel alloy with
an additional silver
proof
produced in 1991 as part of the year's Masterpieces in Silver set.
