Australian twenty-cent coin
Australia | |
| Value | 0.20 AUD |
|---|---|
| Mass | 11.3 g |
| Diameter | 28.52 mm |
| Thickness | 2.50 mm |
| Edge | milled |
| Composition | 75%Copper, 25% Ni |
| Years of minting | 1966–present |
| Catalog number | - |
| Obverse | |
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| Design | Queen Elizabeth II, Australia's Queen |
| Designer | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Design date | 1994 |
| Reverse | |
| File:Oz20cent.jpg | |
| Design | Platypus |
| Designer | Stuart Devlin |
| Design date | 1966 |
The 20 cent coin of the Australian decimal currency system was issued with conversion to decimal currency on 14 February 1966.
There have been various reverses:
- 1966-current: A Platypus in water with the number 20 top right hand corner, designed by Stuart Devlin. Some of the coins from the initial 1966 mint are still in circulation.
- 1995:50 years of the United Nations with the UN emblem.
- 2001:100 years of Australian Federation, set of nine coins; six for the states, 2 for the territories and Norfolk Island.
- 2001:Donald Bradman's death.
- 2003:Commemorating Volunteers.
- 2005:60 years since the end of the Second World War, with WORLD WAR 1939-1945 COMING HOME lettering.
Three different obverses have so far been used; 1966 to 1984 the head of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin; between 1985 and 1998 the head by Raphael Maklouf; and since 1999 the head by Ian Rank-Broadley. Inscription of AUSTRALIA on the right hand side and ELIZABETH II on the left hand side.
For the Broadley head there are 3 issues: 1999 with thicker lettering, 2000-2003 slightly reduced lettering by 0.01 mm, 2004 reduced head all around by 2 mm and A's with flat top and thicker lettering, 2005 a reversion to 2000 series.
See also
References
- Reserve Bank of Australia
- Ian W. Pitt, ed. (2000). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (19th ed. ed.). Chippendale, N.S.W.: Renniks Publications. ISBN 0958557446.
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