Australia Elizabeth II 50 Cents

History

50 Cents 2011, KM# 1624, Australia, Elizabeth II, 50th Anniversary of the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service

Obverse. Photo © Downies

Description

This coin has been minted by the Royal Australian Mint to acknowledge the 50th Anniversary of the Triple Zero Emergency number.

000 (also known as Triple Zero) is the primary national emergency number in Australia. The Emergency Call Service is intended only for use in life-threatening or time-critical emergencies. Before 1969, Australia did not have a national number for emergency services; the police, fire and ambulance services had many phone numbers, one for each local unit. In 1961, the office of the Postmaster General (PMG) introduced the 000 number in major population centres and near the end of the 1980s extended its coverage to nationwide. Zero is closest to the finger stall on Australian rotary dial phones, so it was easy to dial in darkness.

The NCLT (non-circulating legal tender) coin has been issued in a protective plastic blister which snaps into a credit card sized collector card. it features the Royal Australian Mint official numismatic product sticker.

Obverse	Crown, jewelry Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara Person (king, queen, tsar etc.) Elizabeth II Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara was a wedding present in 1947 from her grandmother, Queen Mary, who received it as a gift from the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland in 1893 on the occasion of her marriage to the Duke of York, later George V. Made by E. Wolfe & Co., it was purchased from Garrard & Co. by a committee organised by Lady Eve Greville. In 1914, Mary adapted the tiara to take 13 diamonds in place of the large oriental pearls surmounting the tiara. At first, Elizabeth wore the tiara without its base and pearls but the base was reattached in 1969. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is one of Elizabeth's most recognisable pieces of jewellery due to its widespread use on British banknotes and coinage. Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2011 IRB
Reverse	Colorised The design represents each of the three emergency service: Fire, Ambulance and Police, the Emergency call Triple Zero logo, all pad printed in each of their recognisable service colours. Engraver: Wojciech Pietranik 50 YEARS OF THE TRIPLE ZERO (000) EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE AMBULANCE POLICE FIRE 000 EMERGENCY 50
Edge	Plain

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2011 Australia

50th Anniversary of the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service

Elizabeth II

KM# 1624

Characteristics

Type	Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material	Cupronickel
Weight	15.55 g
Diameter	31.5 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	polygon
Sides	12
Alignment	Medal
Mint	Royal Australian Mint (RAM)