20 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1985-2019
Value	20 Cents 0.20 AUD = USD 0.14
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	11.31 g
Diameter	28.52 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 1703
References	KM# 82 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 69 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1988
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and the numeral "20"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
SD

Designer: Stuart Devlin

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)

Comments

This Copper-nickel 20 cent coin was first released into circulation by the RAM in 1985. This coin has the standard Stuart Devlin Platypus reverse used since 1966 but was updated with the Ralph David Makleouf obverse. The new obverse replaced the previous Arnold Machin obverse. The RDM Obverse was used until 1998 when it was also replaced with the Ian Rank-Broadley obverse.

No circulation coins were issued in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 & 1995. These years are only available by breaking up a Year Set. RAM records show that (174,000) 1988 & (1,490,000) 1993 coins were issued into circulation but it is thought to be a mistake. Those 2 years can only be found in BU & Proof Sets.

In 2019 a special restrike release was issued to commemorate "Effigies Over Time" The RDM effigy was chosen to be used on the 20 cent coin in the Set which were all dated 2019. See example below for a close up pic of the 2019 Re-strike version.

Present in sets

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1985	170 000							$ 5.70	BU Year Set	2%
1985	2 700 000							$ 4.00	Circulation	3%
1985	74 089							$ 30	Proof Year Set	1.8%
1986	180 000							$ 3.40	BU Year Set	4%
1986	67 000							$ 4.60	Proof Year Set	1.9%
1987	200 000							$ 4.00	BU Year Set	4%
1987	69 684							$ 2.40	Proof Year Set	1.5%
1988	10 000								BU International Coin Fair Set	0.10%
1988	240 000							$ 2.90	BU Year Set	4%
1988	174 000								Circulation (None Found)	1.3%
1988	3 000								Proof International Coin Fair Set	0.10%
1988	101 518							$ 23	Proof Year Set	2%
1989	150 602							$ 4.00	BU Year Set	3%
1989	5 000								Proof International Coin Fair Set	0.16%
1989	67 618							$ 6.40	Proof Year Set	1.4%
1990	103 766							$ 4.20	BU Year Set	3%
1990	1 985								Proof International Coin Fair Set	0.07%
1990	51 015								Proof Year Set	1.1%
1991	200								BU Singapore Coin Fair Set	0.07%
1991	147 700							$ 3.40	BU Year Set	3%
1991	1 000								Proof Singapore Coin Fair Set	0.07%
1991	41 490							$ 14	Proof Year Set	1.4%
1992	118 528							$ 11	BU Year Set	2%
1992	56 367								Proof Year Set	1.4%
1993	27 000								BU Gumnut Baby Set	0.10%
1993	86 068								BU Year Set	1.8%
1993	1 490 000								Circulation (None Found)	0.5%
1993	40 255								Proof Year Set	0.9%
1994	39 958								BU Gumnut Baby Set	0.13%
1994	91 492							$ 3.10	BU Year Set	1.3%
1994	14 300 000			$ 0.36	$ 0.38	$ 0.41			Circulation	25%
1994	39 004								Proof Year Set	1.1%
1995	36 190								BU Gumnut Baby Set	0.13%
1995	96 079							$ 4.00	BU Year Set	2%
1995	6 704								Proof Gumnut Baby Set	0.10%
1995	48 537							$ 7.30	Proof Year Set	1.1%
1996	25 727								BU Gumnut Baby Set	0.16%
1996	108 773								BU Year Set	1.0%
1996	20 595 500	$ 0.08	$ 0.14	$ 0.20	$ 0.35	$ 0.58	$ 1.20	$ 4.00	Circulation	31%
1996	3 985								Proof Gumnut Baby Set	0.13%
1996	33 350								Proof Year Set	0.7%
1997	27 421								BU Gumnut Baby Set	0.07%
1997	71 022							$ 3.60	BU Year Set	1.1%
1997	16 725 000			$ 0.15	$ 0.24	$ 1.10	$ 1.30	$ 13	Circulation	27%
1997	3 617								Proof Gumnut Baby Set	0.07%
1997	32 543								Proof Year Set	1.0%
1998	31 810								BU Koala Baby Set	0.07%
1998	74 108							$ 6.40	BU Year Set	1.4%
1998	28 831 000	$ 0.13	$ 0.14	$ 0.17	$ 0.27	$ 0.42	$ 1.30	$ 3.20	Circulation	39%
1998	5 269								Proof Koala Baby Set	0.2%
1998	32 255								Proof Year Set	1.2%
2019	14 736							$ 4.20	BU "Effigies Over Time" Set	1.8%

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