can anyone give me insight on this Elizabeth II Australia 1980 (20) on back she looks very young on this one !
On the back she does look young, on the back she's a Platypus. In countries where the person on the coin is still living, the mint will change (age) the bust as the living person ages, and then on special occasions the mint will actually use a younger version of the bust. I don't know the details of how the decisions of which bust to use are made. In the U.S. our coins only use the features of non-living people on them, and usually only change through an act of Congress. There are other members who can elaborate further. Thanks for posting your question and Welcome to Coin Talk !!
39 years have passed since that coin was minted.. The Queen didn't look the way she does today that long ago. This is how I looked like 39 years ago!
Thank you I really appreciate your help and thanks for acceptance I really enjoy this sight very helpful and great to get help and learn so much about all our coins very friendly people
I’m not sure where I saw and read about this coin about her picture of her being very young and wanting to know if it would have any value and the history of it thank you
That applies to circulation coinage. When it comes to commemorative US coins, there are exceptions: Calvin Coolidge and Eunice Kennedy Shriver ... Christian
And more exceptions : In the mid-1930s four living Americans were depicted on U.S. coins: President Calvin Coolidge, Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson (D-Ark.), Sen. Carter Glass (D-Va.), and Alabama Gov. Thomas E. Kilby. More on the Shriver coin : b1dde8ed-0531-4aa1-bc58-f1fcb0d3d7ca
She looks young, but the portrait predates the coin by at least 16 years. If I remember correctly, the Machin portrait was first used on the coinage of Rhodesia in 1964.
A quick research....84.4 million minuted that year! They changed her portrait to an older version in 1985... This was found in the NGC website. I simply put the year, country, and denomination followed by the letters NGC in the Google search bar and it was the first page result. If this doesn't work, on the NGC site, they have a world coin price guide resource you can use.