Does Australia have a 20 cent coin?

The 20 cent coin from Australia has the image of a duckbill platypus on its front side. On the backside of this copper-nickel 20c AUD coin is the image of Australia’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Do you have a Australian 20 cent coin?

Are Australian dollar coins still in circulation?

The Royal Australian Mint started issuing these 0.2 Australian Dollar coins in 1999. They are currently still in circulation. The 20 cent coin from Australia has the image of a duckbill platypus on its front side. On the backside of this copper-nickel 20c AUD coin is the image of Australia’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

What happened to Australian 20 cent coins in 1981?

Industrial action at the Royal Australian Mint in 1980 and 1981 saw it outsource some coin production to the Royal Mint branches in Wales and Canada. Canada struck most of the 1981 dated 20 cent coins and included a die marker on the reverse of the platypus design to indicate they’d made the coin.

What was the original design for a 20c coin?

From 1966 to 1994, the design for the reverse face was Stuart Devlin 's platypus. With the exception of commemorative issues, it continues to be the standard design for the reverse face. The United Nations 20c was the first commemorative 20c coin issued for circulation in 1995.