Mintage: 25,000
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of one of Australia’s favourite children’s books, Edward the Emu, with this commemorative 20c coloured carded coin.
 
The reverse of this coin features Edward, the main character of this story, in colour. It also features the the title of the picture book and illustrations taken from the book itself depicting different animals from Edward's adventures.
 
This coin portrays the official Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse, featuring the Jody Clark effigy supplemented with the dates of Her Majesty’s reign – ‘1952 – 2022’.
 
Each year around Australia, children, schools and families celebrate the joy of reading one week more than any other – Book Week. A long-standing tradition of nearly 80 years, Book Week sees children dress as a character from their favourite book, enjoy story time, and fall further in love with reading.