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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Gregorian Millennium - Bi-Metallic
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 20 DOLLARS' arcs around the upper periphery of the gold outer ring, with the engraver's initials 'IRB' positioned below the bust truncation in the silver centre field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 20 DOLLARS IRB |
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Issued to mark the year 2000 transition — though struck in 2001, reflecting the technically correct argument that the new millennium began on 1 January 2001 rather than 2000 — this piece sits in a small category of coins where the issuing authority took the pedantically accurate position that most of the public had already moved on from. The Perth Mint's pad-printing technique, used here to achieve the bimetallic appearance without a conventional two-piece blank, was a relatively novel application in commemorative coinage at the time and accounts for the unusual construction noted in the composition data.