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20 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Anzac Spirit - Patriotic
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The fourth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2018 arcs around the upper periphery, with the engraver's initials IRB truncated below the portrait. The design is rendered in a refined, detailed relief characteristic of the Rank-Broadley effigy used across Commonwealth coinage from 1998. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Released as part of the Royal Australian Mint's centenary commemorations surrounding the First World War, this piece belongs to a broader series examining the cultural mythology built around Anzac service. The "Anzac Spirit" framing was a deliberate editorial choice by the mint — drawing on a term that had become institutionalised in Australian public discourse long after the Gallipoli campaign itself, particularly following the 1990s and early 2000s resurgence of Anzac Day observance that reversed decades of declining attendance.
Copper-nickel 20-cent commemoratives of this period were struck for general circulation, meaning surviving examples in pristine condition are genuinely harder to source than mintage figures suggest.