Austraila's Round 50 cent coins

[trout]

The letter was just a bit of a reference, and wasn't intended to take away from trouts original thread. But thanks I'm a fan of the round 50cent pieces as well, and a bit of a fan of the gold coloured ones also. I think the 2003 pnc 50 is abit underrated.

That letter is a fantastic piece and thank you for sharing that Mate
There would have to be millions of the original coins squirreled away in bullion stashes around the World and they are certainly NOT a rare coin by anyone's standards, However finding a coin in Gem Uncirculated condition is extremely difficult probably because they have always been treated as a bullion coin and no special care has been taken storing them

a vast majority of the 1966 decimal coins were minted in a couple of years leading up to 1966 because of the quantity required.

That makes absolute sense to Me Bruce, There is NO way the mint could have produced over 36 million of these AND all the other coins needed in the one year.
the 1,2 and 20c coins were "outsourced" as it was.