Are Australian Circulation Commemorative 20 Cent Coins A Thing Of The Past?

I think the last commemorative 20 cent coin was the 2016 changeover coin?
Still been a long time since we have had a 20 cent commemorative coin in circulation.
There has been plenty of NCLT 20 cent like AC/DC coins

I was thinking the same thing yesterday. it's been awhile.

I would say so, there were a lot of them in that 1995 - 2008 period and then it got spasmodic.

Main reason - $2 coins are more lucrative and memorable now, most people can't do much with 20 cents as it can't buy more than a couple of sweets. A $2 coin also has a golden colour and they can make multicoloured ring designs, whereas the 20 cents had limited colourability.

Plus they did keep on the 50 cent as a running commemorative (It's the real star with commem 50s going back to 1970 and regular ones since 1988 and that is before we get to all the NCLT ones).

The $1 I feel has been stepped up too as a commem. Its always been one, but with the Alphabet series, donation coins, regular commems and the usual additional NCLT ones in the $2 sets like Wiggles, Commonwealth games etc - its also being heavily rotated.

The 50c and $1 are obviously the common and easily to get commems - but they are trying to make the coloured $2 the prestige collectibles, despite the overkill with them at the moment.

The 20c however has sleeked back to being just a change coin.