2008 20p shield TWENTY variants

[scott 144]

yea there seems to be a couple of variants in the location of the TWENTY on coin, on some the T and Y almost touch the edge on others they dont. have a look

this is the version where the twenty is further from the edge

the version where the T and Y are closer to edge, i found this early on in the run (late 08) and that particular one toned to a brown colour so look past the colour.

throw that in with the old design the mule and the 1 versions you have a fair few 20ps to work out mintages for.

[scott 144]

here are better pictures

i have put them in the order i recieved them in.

type 1 - T and Y closer to the edge, this from my observation, as the first type to become available (found it from around october/november 2008) i'm guessing the mint only made a limited run of these as they were replaced by type 2

type 2- after december these kept appearing, type 1's were not appearing in a full bright "fresh from bag" state showing those were no longer apearing new. the differance is that the T and Y are further from the edge