2004 Small Head 20c. Coin.

Aidan - You actually have two different obverses in 2004 a large head (flat) & small head (pointy) "A" in both the mint & proof sets, and in both the 20c & 50c now this gets a little confusing but if I have this right, you have...

PROOF SETS

Large 20c & 50c in one set.
Small 20c & 50c in one set.
Large 20c & small 50c in one set.
Large 50c & small 20c in one set.

MINT SETS

I have only come across two varieties in the mint sets...

Large 20c & 50c in one set.
Large 20c & small 50c in one set.

Although I believe you can get the other two types out of "Baby" sets...

Hope I have this right & it helps you

Aidan,

I am afraid Madbudgie got his varieties about face.

The large head 20 cents of which 400,000 went into circulation has the pointed A text and the small head 20 cents has the flat top A text. Other letters are also different but the A is easiest to pick. There were tens of millions of the small head variety released into circulation. As for the 50 cents, only the small head went into circulation. The large head can only be obtained from 2004 mint and proof sets and baby mint and baby proof sets. The Proof sets have all combinations of the 4 coins, the mint and baby mint sets only have 3 combinations so far sighted.

The 20 cents in the Proof Sets also has two reverse varieties recognised by either small or large designer's initials, SD. Only the large SD appears on the uncirculated 20 cents.

Hope this helps.
Wayne

Hey everyone. I have a few of the large head queens from circulation, while looking for other coins. How much do you thing they are worth? Do you think they will go up in value much? ebay auctions seem to be all over the place!

Ben

For anyone into collecting varieties here is a little info for you on the 20 cent Platypus 1999-2006.

1) 1999 20 cents - Reverse A - Platypus with small SD, Obverse A - (new) Ian Rank-Broadley bust of the Queen (large), IRB spaced, text style 1 and close to rim.
2) 2000 20 cents - Reverse A - Platypus with small SD, Obverse B - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (smaller than 1999), IRB spaced, text style 2 and further from rim.
3) 2001 20 cents - Reverse A - Platypus with small SD, Obverse C - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (larger than 2000), IRB spaced, text style 3 and closer to rim like 1999.
4) 2001 20 cents - Reverse B - Platypus with large SD, Obverse C - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (larger than 2000), IRB spaced, text style 3 and closer to rim like 1999.
5) 2001 20 cents - Reverse A - Platypus with small SD, Obverse D - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (smaller as in 2000), IRB joined, text style 3 and closer to rim than 2000 but not as close as 1999.
6) 2001 20 cents - Reverse B - Platypus with large SD, Obverse D - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (smaller as in 2000), IRB joined, text style 3 and closer to rim than 2000 but not as close as 1999.
7) 2002 20 cents - Reverse B - Platypus with large SD, Obverse D - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (similar to 2001 (6)), IRB joined, text style 3, similar to 2001 (6).
8) 2004 20 cents - Reverse B - Platypus with large SD, Obverse D - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (similar to 2001 (6)), IRB joined, text style 3, similar to 2001 (6).
9) 2004 20 cents - Reverse B - Platypus with large SD, Obverse E - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (smaller than all previous years), IRB joined, text style 4 (flat top to A).
10) 2005 20 cents - Reverse B - Platypus with large SD, Obverse F - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (large), IRB joined, text style 5, large thinner letters closer to rim, return to pointed A, zeros in date different style.
11) 2006 20 cents - Reverse B - Platypus with large SD, Obverse G - Ian Rank-Broadley bust (similar to 2005), IRB joined, text style 6, close to rim as in 2005, different A and zeros in date to 2005 and previous years.

Some other varieties exist - 2002 in proof has Reverse A with small SD, 2004 in proof has both Reverse A and Reverse B, 2006 in proof has both Reverse A and Reverse B. A silver proof dated 1998 from Masterpieces in Silver Set has same Reverse A and Obverse B as 1999, the base metal unc and proof coin for 1998 has the Raphael Maklouf bust of Queen.

Wayne