(above) The RCC Australia half-dollar as scanned, touched-up, drop-shadowed and generally monkeyed with.

(above) The RCC Australia half-dollar as photographed (Sony Mavica) with dinkum drop-shadow and minmal monkeying.
Note especially the brilliant cartwheel lustre on the obverse of this proof specimen.

The RCC Half in context
Location: 151° 4' East, 33° 44' South

Note the interesting features: Southern Cross (not visible in most of USA) Iridium satellite flare genuine eucalyptus tree branches (not captioned) Alpha Centauri Eta Carina TV Antenna ...if you know where to look, the Coal Sack nebula is there, too ...and so on.

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Stu's page on the Aussie half is here.