20 Cents - Elizabeth II - Darwin Bombing - 4th Portrait, Anzacs to Afghanistan (2016)

Features

Denomination 20 Cents
Catalog Number KM# 3168
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 2016
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

Lettering:
20
DARWIN BOMBING


Description:
The reverse features the explosion of MV Neptuna, filled with TNT and ammunition, at Darwin on 19 February 1942 and two Japanese Zero fighter-bomber planes hit it during the first Japanese air raid on Australia's mainland. Inscription (DARWIN BOMBING) in two lines below and the denomination at the left below the fighter plane tail.

Edge

Description:
Reeded
Year Mintage Comment Rarity
2016 245,800 Royal Australian Mint, BU in Coincard Unknown

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