Twenty pence (British coin) Gardner, and used from 1982 to 2008, is a crowned Tudor rose, with the numeral "20" below the rose, and above the rose. To date, three different obverses have been used. On coins minted before the 2008 redesign, the inscription is . Coins minted after the 2008 redesign also have the year of minting on the obverse. Like all the new decimal coins introduced in 1971, until 1984 the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin appeared on the obverse, in which the Queen wears the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara. Between 1985 and 1997 the portrait
Coins of the Rhodesian pound The Gambia). Secondly, the coins were dual-denominated (with 5c, 10c, 20c and 25c). This was not only to familiarise the public with the decimal system, but also to allow the coins to remain legal tender after the forthcoming change over to decimal currency. All coins had the title of Queen Elizabeth II in English, rather than in Latin, as had been the case on the coins of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. On November 11, 1965, Rhodesia was declared by Prime Minister Ian Smith to be an independent Dominion. This led to sanctions being imposed by both the British