Twenty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - New South Wales, Coin from Australia - detailed information

The obverse shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001.

Student Design winner for New South Wales was Joseph Neve of Bellingen High School.

His design is a silhouette of the map of NSW behind a skilfully portrayed image of the Waratah flower, the NSW floral emblem. The designer's initials JKN are near the West (left) border of the state map. Above the design are the years 1910 - 2001, the denomination 20 [cents] is to the right of the flower (overlapping the map) and around below is the text CENTENARY OF FEDERATION.

Mintage figure includes:
1,500,000 circulation coins dated 2001, minted in the 2000/2001 financial year (ending 30 June)
1,703,000 circulation coins dated 2001, minted 2001/2002
36,685 brilliant uncirculated coins in sets, minted 2000/2001
1,948 brilliant uncirculated coins in sets, minted 2001/2002
18,366 proofs, minted 2000/2001
4,557 proofs, minted 2001/2002

Sources of original information:

Royal Australian Mint, Annual Report 2000 - 2001 (2001), pp 53, 55. Retrieved from https://www.ramint.gov.au/annual-reports (PDF)
Royal Australian Mint, Annual Report 2001 - 2002 (2002), pp 53-56. Retrieved from https://www.ramint.gov.au/annual-reports (PDF)