20 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Darwin Bombing

Commemorative issue

Darwin Bombing

Series: ANZAC to Afghanistan

Obverse

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2016
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Two Japanese Zero fighter-bomber planes flying over a representation of Northern Australia with a bomb exploding at the position of Darwin

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
DARWIN BOMBING

Edge

Reeded

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Mint

Comments

The Royal Australian Mint in conjunction with some Australian Newspapers released this coin in a coincard as part of a 14 coin set. The first coin came with a large folding album. The series is called "ANZACs to Afghanistan".


To get a coin you had to obtain a token from the newspaper and redeem it at a cost of $3.00. Different tokens were published each day for 2 weeks (hence 14 coins). The coins are commemorating 14 significant military moments that have shaped Australia over the past 100 years from World War 1 to the modern day. Ten of the 14 coins released in the series are 20 cent coins and four of them are Australia's first 25 cent coins.

This 20 Cent coin remembers the attack on Darwin on 19th of February 1942 by 242 Japanese bombers, dive bombers and fighter planes. This caused widespread destruction and the deaths of 243 people and wounded more than 300 others. Many people fearing invasion headed south. Between February and November 1942 Darwin was bombed 64 times. Other towns in Northern Australia including Broome, Wyndham, Port Headland and Townsville were also bombed in this period.

Present in sets

• 2016 - Australian Special Set (ANZAC To Afghanistan)

See also

• Plane or aircraft
• War

• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Rats of Tobruk)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Thai-Burma Railway)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Afghanistan)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Bomber Command)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Dogs at War)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Fromelles)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Korean War)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Peacekeeping)
• 20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Special Forces)
• 25 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Kokoda)
• 25 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Long Tan)
• 25 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Peace)
• 25 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Our Legends)

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