Twenty Cents 2001 Centenary of Federation - Queensland, 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 Queensland was Jenifer Gray of Ingham State High School.

Jenifer uses the surface of the coin as a timeclock of Australian history beginning with a stylised gecko (Australian lizard) leaving ripples in the water. The "hour" hand of time points to Federation in 1901 and footprints turn to shoeprints in the sand depicting the lasting impression of our journey. The "minute" hand points to the Centenary of Federation date of 2001 above a depiction of a computer circuit board denoting the age of technology and its role into the future. The name of the state QUEENSLAND is vertical below the denomination 20 [cents]. The designer's initials JG are located near the rim in the bottom right part of the coin.

Mintage figure includes:
1,300,000 circulation coins dated 2001, minted in the 2000/2001 financial year (ending 30 June)
1,000,000 circulation coins dated 2001, minted 2001/2002
51,746 brilliant uncirculated coins in sets, minted 2000/2001
2,534 brilliant uncirculated coins in sets, minted 2001/2002
23,506 proofs, minted 2000/2001
5,404 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)