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20 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Mining
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 20 Cents |
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| Reverse description | A standing male figure in work attire is depicted beside a large bucket wheel excavator, a piece of heavy industrial mining equipment used in open-cut mining operations. The design celebrates the Australian mining industry, rendered in a bold, illustrative style with strong compositional emphasis on the machinery. The denomination 20 and the inscription AUSTRALIAN MINING appear in the field, integrating the lettering into the overall industrial theme. |
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| Mint | Royal Australian Mint |
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Part of the Royal Australian Mint's ongoing themed circulation series, this 20-cent issue commemorates the mining industry at a moment when Australia's resources boom — driven largely by Chinese demand for iron ore and coal — was already beginning to cool after a decade of record export revenues. The Pilbara and Hunter Valley operations that defined that era were generating roughly 19% of GDP at the boom's peak in the early 2010s.