2001 Australia 50c QLD Coat of Arms

The 2001 Australia 50c Commemorative issue with Queensland ‘coat of arms’ celebrates 100th Anniversary of Australia’s Federation, featuring the 4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2001
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley 

On the reverse, the Coat of Arms of Queensland: – A Red Deer & Brolga, supporting a shield which features the heads of a Bull and a Ram, a Sheaffe of Wheat and Gold rising from a pile of Quartz. Two stalks of Sugarcane surround the State Badge, a Maltese Cross with a centred Crown of St. Edward. Representing one of nine states and territories that make up Australia

Lettering:
CENTENARY OF FEDERATION
1901 2001
QUEENSLAND
FIFTY CENTS