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
Twopence (British pre-decimal coin) below and to the right. Above, on the rim, is incused the word , and on the rim below the image is incused the date . The reverse was also designed by Kuchler. The word appears next to the shield, indicating that the coin came from the Soho Mint. Twopence (British pre-decimal coin) The pre-decimal twopence (2d) was a coin worth one one-hundred-and-twentieth of a pound sterling, or two pence. It was a short-lived denomination, only being minted in 1797 by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint. Before Decimal Day in 1971, two hundred and forty pence equaled one pound sterling. Twelve