Fifty cent 2025 - Not intended for circulation
A set of 50 cents coins to honour the poems of Dorothea Mackellar was released on March 13, 2025. Born in 1885, Mackellar remains a literary icon, her works reflecting a connection to the landscapes and contrasts of her opal-hearted country. She published poetry and other works between 1908 and 1926 and was active in the Sydney literary scene of the 1930s. In her later years she ceased writing and, suffering poor health. She died in 1968. Read more »
In 2025, the Mint also presented Steam Giants – Australian Rail Heritage. The coins gather together some of the largest steam locomotives to run in Australia and tells the dramatic story of progress that led to railways across the country racing to build bigger and more powerful machines. Read more »
Fifty cent 2025 value
The value of a Australian coin depends on several factors such as quality and wear, supply and demand, rarity, finish and more.
- PR
- NBU
- Business strike
| Variety | PR-64 | PR-65 | PR-66 | PR-67 | PR-68 | PR-69 | PR-70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Gold | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Honours and Awards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Variety | NBU-64 | NBU-65 | NBU-66 | NBU-67 | NBU-68 | NBU-69 | NBU-70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - Celebrations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Mackellar - My Country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Mackellar - The Colours of Light | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Mackellar - Dawn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Kim the koala | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Honours and Awards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - South Australian Railways 520 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Beyer-Garratt No. 1009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Commonwealth Railways G Class G1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Victorian Railways H220 Heavy Harry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Western Australian V Class V1220 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - Tasmanian Q Class Q5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 - AD60 Class Beyer-Garratt 6029 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NBU (Numismatic Brilliant uncirculated): Coins not intended for circulation struck and sold by the Mint, often in a special package. For most NBU certified coins, they are attributed the MS grades, unless a circulation coin wasn't produce for that particuliar combinaison of year, denomination and design. While not quite non circulating legal tender it is not too unusual to find coins intended for mint sets in circulation.
While these coins might bear the same design as normal circulating coins their lustre and quality of strike sometimes makes them stand out from the norm.
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Varieties and features
Fifty cent 2025 - Silver
Fifty cent 2025 - Gold
Fifty cent 2025 - Celebrations
Fifty cent 2025 - Mackellar - My Country
Fifty cent 2025 - Mackellar - The Colours of Light
Fifty cent 2025 - Mackellar - Dawn
Fifty cent 2025 - Kim the koala
Fifty cent 2025 - Honours and Awards
The 2025 year sets of this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Australian honours system. First introduced in 1975, by then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, the Australian honours system created an Australian way to celebrate those who have made a positive impact.
In the fifty year since, more than 500,000 people have been recognised. Some are well known, while the vast majority are famous only to their loved ones. The Royal Australian Mint acknowledges these Australians with this commemorative year set.
Fifty cent 2025 - South Australian Railways 520
No. 520 was built to meet the increasing demand put on the South Australian Railways during the Second World War. Beneath its streamlining is a powerful machine capable of tackling the steep climb through the Adelaide Hills with ease. In 2014, work began restoring No. 520 to operational condition with SteamRanger Heritage Railway.
Fifty cent 2025 - Beyer-Garratt No. 1009
No. 1009 is the last surviving Queensland Beyer-Garratt, the most powerful steam locomotives to ever run in the Sunshine State. Introduced in the 1950s, No. 1009 hauled both heavy goods and The Midlander passenger train. It is displayed on behalf of Queensland Rail at the Workshops Rail Museum.
Fifty cent 2025 - Commonwealth Railways G Class G1
Built in 1914 to the design of the NSW P Class, G1 was amongst the largest locomotives operating in Australia at that time. It regularly hauled the Trans-Australian-Express and is the only surviving standard gauge locomotive of the Commonwealth Railways. G1 is now displayed at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.
Fifty cent 2025 - Victorian Railways H220 Heavy Harry
H220 is over 28 metres long, making it the largest steam locomotive built in Australia. Designed to haul The Overland between Melbourne and Adelaide, it was too heavy to cross several bridges on that line. Affectionately nicknamed Heavy Harry, the locomotive is in the collection of the Newport Railway Museum.
Fifty cent 2025 - Western Australian V Class V1220
Built in 1955, to help rejuvenate the Western Australian Railways after the Second World War, V1220 was large enough to be converted to standard gauge if required. Diesel locomotives forces V1220 into early retirement, and it hauled the very last WAGR steam service in 1972. It is an exhibit at The Railway Museum, Bassendean.
Fifty cent 2025 - Tasmanian Q Class Q5
Q5 is an example of the first Mountain type steam locomotives introduced to Australia. Built in 1922, Q5 and its classmates handled Tasmania's heaviest goods trains. In the 1960s, the fledgling Tasmanian Transport Museum scrambled to save Q5 from being scrapped. It is displayed at their museum in Glenorchy.
Fifty cent 2025 - AD60 Class Beyer-Garratt 6029
AD60 Class Beyer-Garratt locomotive 6029 was one of a class of 42 locomotives introduced to NSW in the early 1950s. This powerful freight engine si the largest operating steam locomotive in Australia and is part of the fleet of Transport Heritage NSW. It is used to haul special trains around the state.
Mintage
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- Fifty cent 2025 - Mackellar - My Country : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Mackellar - The Colours of Light : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Mackellar - Dawn : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Kim the koala : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Honours and Awards : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - South Australian Railways 520 : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Beyer-Garratt No. 1009 : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Commonwealth Railways G Class G1 : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Victorian Railways H220 Heavy Harry : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Western Australian V Class V1220 : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - Tasmanian Q Class Q5 : n/a
- Fifty cent 2025 - AD60 Class Beyer-Garratt 6029 : n/a
Last update : Sunday, May 25, 2025
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