20 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2016
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# 79173
References	KM# 2223 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency

Series: The Changeover

Obverse

Small version of the 4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara.
Reproduction of pre-Decimal Sixpence coin with Australian Coat of Arms

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2016
FIFTY YEARS
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Platypus

Script: Latin

Lettering: 20 SD

Designer: Stuart Devlin

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

Comments

This coin was released as part of the RAM 2016 Mint and Proof Sets and commemorates the Changeover 50 years ago to decimal currency in Australia. It is unusual in that the Obverse of the coin has a miniature Ian Rank-Broadly Queens Head and a representation of an Australian Sixpence coin as issued between 1953 to 1964. The Reverse of the coin is the same as a standard definitive 20 cent coin. This coin has been released as a circulation coin in 2016 alongside the normal definitive version.

This was the BU Mint Set.

The RAM issued a "Push in Folder" for collectors to keep all six of the "Changeover" coins that they could find from circulation.

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2016	100 000						BU - Mint Roll (5,000 Rolls)	1.1%
2016						$ 2.70	BU - Sealed Mint Bag	5%
2016	1 250						BU World Money Fair Set	0.5%
2016	63 571					$ 15	BU Year Set	11%
2016	4 510 000	$ 0.21	$ 0.56	$ 0.80	$ 1.60	$ 2.30	Circulating	86%
2016	20 852					$ 1.90	Proof Year Set	5%

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