1954 AUSTRALIA Queen Elizabeth II United Kingdom Silver Shilling Coin RAM i57055

Item: i57055

 Authentic Coin of:

Elizabeth II – Queen: 6 February 1952–present
1961
Silver Shilling 24mm (5.65 grams) 0.500 Silver (0.0902 oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 59 | Obverse Designer: Mary Gilick | Reverse Designer: George Kruger 
Gray
+ELIZABETH◦II◦DEI◦GRATIA◦REGINA, Laureate bust 
of Elizabeth II right.
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AUSTRALIA * SHILLING◦1954 around ram’s head left.

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Elizabeth 
II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926^[a]) 
is, and has been since her accession in 1952, Queen of the United Kingdom, 
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and
Head of the Commonwealth
. She is also Queen of 
12 countries that have become independent since her accession: Jamaica, 
Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint 
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint 
Kitts and Nevis.^[b]

Elizabeth was born in London to the Duke and Duchess of York, later King
George VI
and
Queen Elizabeth
, and was the elder of their two 
daughters. She was educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne 
on the
abdication
of his brother
Edward VIII
in 1936, from which time she was 
the
heir presumptive
. She began to undertake public 
duties during
World War II
, serving in the
Auxiliary Territorial Service
. In 1947, she 
married
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
, with whom she 
has four children:
Charles
,
Anne
,
Andrew
, and
Edward
.

Elizabeth’s many historic visits and meetings include a
state visit to the Republic of Ireland
and 
reciprocal visits to and from the Pope. She has seen major constitutional 
changes, such as
devolution
in the United Kingdom, Canadian
patriation
, and the
decolonisation of Africa
. She has also reigned 
through various wars and conflicts involving many of
her realms
. She is the world’s oldest reigning 
monarch as well as Britain’s
longest-lived
. In 2015, she surpassed the reign 
of her great-great-grandmother,
Queen Victoria
, to become the
longest-reigning British monarch
and the
longest-reigning queen regnant
in world 
history.

Times of personal significance have included the births and marriages of her 
children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, her
coronation in 1953
, and the celebration of 
milestones such as her
Silver
,
Golden
and
Diamond
Jubilees in 1977, 2002, and 2012, 
respectively. Moments of sadness for her include the death of her father, aged 
56; the assassination of Prince Philip’s uncle,
Lord Mountbatten
; the breakdown of her 
children’s marriages in 1992 (her
annus horribilis
); the death in 1997 of her 
son’s former wife,
Diana, Princess of Wales
; and the deaths of her 
mother and
sister
in 2002. Elizabeth has occasionally 
faced
republican
sentiments and severe press 
criticism of the
royal family
, but support for the monarchy and 
her personal popularity remain high.

Australia, 
officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the 
mainland of the
Australian continent
, the island of
Tasmania
, and numerous
smaller islands
. It is the world’s
sixth-largest country by total area
. 
Neighbouring countries include
Indonesia
,
East Timor
and
Papua New Guinea
to the north; the
Solomon Islands
and
Vanuatu
to the north-east; and
New Zealand
to the south-east.

For at least 40,000 years before the first
British settlement
in the late 18th century, 
Australia was inhabited by
indigenous Australians
, who spoke languages 
grouped into roughly
250 language groups
. After the European 
discovery of the continent by
Dutch
explorers in 1606, Australia’s eastern 
half was claimed by
Great Britain
in 1770 and initially settled 
through
penal transportation
to the colony of
New South Wales
from 26 January 1788. The 
population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and 
an additional five self-governing
crown colonies
were established.

On 1 January 1901, the six colonies
federated
, forming the Commonwealth of 
Australia. Since Federation, Australia has maintained a stable
liberal democratic
political system that 
functions as a
federal

parliamentary democracy
and
constitutional monarchy
comprising
six states and several territories
. The 
population of 23.6 million^[5] 
is highly
urbanised
and heavily concentrated in the
eastern states
and on the coast.

Australia is a
developed country
and one of the wealthiest in 
the world, with the
world’s 12th-largest economy
. In 2012 Australia 
had the world’s
fifth-highest per capita income
. Australia’s 
military expenditure is the
world’s 13th-largest
. With the
second-highest human development index globally
, 
Australia
ranks highly
in many international comparisons 
of national performance, such as quality of life, health, education,
economic freedom
, and the protection of
civil liberties
and political rights. Australia 
is a member of the
United Nations
,
G20
,
Commonwealth of Nations
,
ANZUS
,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
 
(OECD),
World Trade Organization
,
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
, and the
Pacific Islands Forum
.