" RARE & VERY SCARCE " 1970 50 CENT COINS - "3 X CAPTAIN COOK"

A bust of James Cook facing three-quarters right; the date 1770 and Cook's signature are across the bust; in the background is a map of Australia with a dotted line showing Cook's voyage up the East Coast.

The designer's initials SD (for Stuart Devlin) are inside Cook's signature. 

Around below, the denomination FIFTY CENTS.

Crowned and draped young bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (effigy known as the "Second Portrait", by Arnold Machin).

The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Rank-Broadley and the Gottwald portraits.

Around, the monarch's legend: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1970.

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