20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency)
Australia • 20 Cents • Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) • 2016
- Denomination
- 20 Cents
- Issuer
- Australia
- Struck
- 2016
- Composition
- Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
- Currency
- Dollar
- Weight
- 11.31 g
- Diameter
- 28.52 mm
- Catalog refs
- KM 2223
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Where it came from
The 2016 Australian 20-cent coin was issued by the Royal Australian Mint to commemorate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency. Australia transitioned from the pound, shilling, and pence system to a decimal currency based on the dollar on February 14, 1966. This special commemorative design pays homage to the original 1966 20-cent piece, which featured a platypus on the reverse, a design that has remained a constant and beloved icon of Australian circulating coinage for half a century.
The coin features the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, which had been in use on Australian coinage since 1999. The reverse design maintains the traditional platypus motif by Stuart Devlin, but includes the inscription '50 YEARS OF DECIMAL CURRENCY' to denote the anniversary. It was produced for general circulation to serve as a tangible piece of national history, intended to be both a functional unit of currency and a collectible marker of the country's modernization.
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