20 Cents - Elizabeth II - 60th Anniversary of the End of WW2 - 4th Portrait (2005)

Features

Denomination 20 Cents
Catalog Number KM# 745
Weight (g) 11.31
Diameter (mm) 28.52
Thickness (mm) 2
Shape: Round
Composition: Copper-Nickel
Not Magnetic
Currency Value (USD) 0.14
Orientation Medal orientation ↑↑
Commemorative
Non Circulating
Calendar Gregorian

Obverse

Engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2005
IRB


Description:
Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. Date is placed below.

Reverse

Engraved by Vladimir Gottwald
Lettering:
WORLD WAR 1939-1945 COMING HOME
20


Description:
The reverse design was modeled on a photograph from the Australian War Memorial and after a nationwide search it was found that the young girl in the design is Jaquie Dowling and her mother Lorna greeting Private William Leslie Darcy, an ex Prisoner of War on his return home in 1945. The inscription of the event "WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 COMING HOME" along the rim. The Gottwald's stylized (G) signature below the 20 face value.

Edge

Description:
Reeded
Year Mintage Comment Rarity
2005 28,853 Royal Australian Mint, BU Koala Baby Set Unknown
2005 71,546 Royal Australian Mint, BU Year Set Unknown
2005 32,057,000 Royal Australian Mint, Circulation Unknown
2005 12,884 Royal Australian Mint, Proof Koala Baby Set Unknown
2005 33,520 Royal Australian Mint, Proof in Year Set Unknown
2005 3,627 Royal Australian Mint, Specimen Wedding Set Unknown

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