2004 50c Primary School Student Winning Design Uncirculated Coin

The winning design by John Serrano, a Year 5/6 student (2003) at St Peter’s Primary School, East Keilor, Victoria, addressed the theme ‘Australia’ with artistic merit, commemorative appropriateness and suitability for minting. John’s hand-drawn design incorporates three Australian icons; a koala holding onto a gum tree, a lorikeet with wings out-stretched and a wombat. His initials ‘JS’ have also been struck on the reverse of this 50c coin.