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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth now celebrates 60 years on the throne. The Royal Australian mint issued this commemorative fifty cent in recognition of this occasion. The reverse was designed by Aleksandra Stokic and features sixty crowns along with the legend SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II. The obverse shows an effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2013. There is also a gold one hundred dollar coronation coin which celebrated 50 years on the throne.

Born in 1926 and named Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was the eldest daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York who would go on to become King George VI and his wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The young Elizabeth was known by the immediate family as Lillibet and she had a younger sibling, Princess Margaret (Wikipedia, 2013) . At the time of her birth, Elizabeth was third in line to her thrown whilst her father Prince Albert was second behind his elder brother. When Elizabeth's grand-father, King George V died her Uncle Edward became King. Later that same year, 1936 and coming as quite a shock to the family, Edward abdicated the throne in order to marry an American divorcee leading Prince Albert to succeed as King George VI. Elizabeth became heiress presumptive and as the King didn't go on to have a son, she would go on to become the Queen of the United kingdom and the Commonwealth realms. During the Second World War both Elizabeth and her sister Margaret remained in the UK. They were educated at home and began to make public appearances from an early age. Elizabeth met Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark, her distant cousin a number of times throughout her childhood. In 1939 at the age of just 13 they began exchanging letters during which time she is said to have fallen in love. There engagement was announced 8 years later in 1947. The engagement was met with some controversy as many did not think Price Phillip good enough and his foreign origin was opposed. He dropped his title and took his British mothers maiden name and the couple were married with two children by 1950. After the war the health of King George VI began to decline and Elizabeth was taking on more and more royal responsibilities. In 1952 she heard news of her father death whilst touring Kenya and returned home to be made Queen.

The televised coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June, 1953, at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth is a popular Queen who has taken part in numerous historic meetings has witnessed major national and global events throughout her reign. She has had her own personal celebrations and sorrows relating to her family and celebrated her Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees. Now celebrating her sixtieth year of reign, she is indeed a true Queen.