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20 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 1966 Decimal Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 20 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with a pearl drop earring visible. The finely modelled bust by Ian Rank-Broadley occupies the central field against a deeply mirrored proof background. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left, AUSTRALIA along the upper right, and the date 2009 appears at the lower right. The engraver's initials IRB are incuse beneath the truncation of the neck. |
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| Mintage | 2009 - Proof in 5 Coin Pattern set - 3,344 2009 - Proof in Coincard - 2,500 |
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Australia's decimal currency launched on 14 February 1966, but the original 20-cent dies were cut years before that date as part of an extended preparation process. The Royal Australian Mint issued this 2009 restrike using those earlier portrait dies — the fourth Machin-style effigy — to document the design sequence that preceded circulation coinage, making it a retrospective piece rather than anything that ever passed through commerce.
The 1966 pattern series was revisited partly to address collector demand for a coherent documentary set of pre-decimal and early decimal design progressions.