2001 Australia 50c SA Coat of Arms

The 2001 Australia 50c Commemorative issue with South Australia ‘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 arms of South Australia (a grassy mount with vines, wheat and barley stalks, citrus fruits, two cogs & miners pick, and a blue shield with an Australian Piping Shrike inside a gold circle, with a crest of four Sturt’s Desert Peas) diving the dates and representing one of nine states and territories that make up Australia.

Lettering:
CENTENARY OF FEDERATION
1901 2001
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
FIFTY CENTS