Australian 2 dollar coin
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| 2 dollar piece (Australia) | |
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| Value: | 2.00 AUD |
| Mass: | 6.60 g |
| Diameter: | 20.50 mm |
| Thickness: | 3.20 mm |
| Edge: | interrupted milled |
| Composition: | Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) |
| Years of minting: | 1988–present |
| Catalog number: | - |
| Obverse | |
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| Design: | Queen Elizabeth II, Australia's Queen |
| Designer: | Raphael Maklouf |
| Design date: | 1984 |
| Reverse | |
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| Design: | Gwoya Jungarai |
| Designer: | Horst Hahne |
| Design date: | 1987 |
The Australian 2 dollar coin was issued to replace the Two dollar note in 1988, the image of the Aboriginal Elder Gwoya Jungarai, known as One Pound Jimmy, by Artist Ainslie Roberts with the Southern Cross and grass tree (Xanthorrhoea). It had been issued all years except 1991[1], with an average mintage of 20 million coins based on total mintage except 1988 as there were 160.7 million coins issued in that year. There are no commemoratives for this issue, only the standard design. When the coin was introduced there were complaints from the populace as the coin was too small for its value and was easily lost or counterfeited by placing two 5 cent pieces together and colouring them gold, but with an uninterrupted milling on the 5 cent and the 2 dollars having 5 grooves in 4 lots separated by 7mm length of the side identification is easy. It has the same size and milling as the 10 Swedish kronor. Its smaller size compared to the $1 coin can lead to much confusion for visiting tourists.
[edit] References
- (2000) in Ian W. Pitt: Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 19th ed., Chippendale, N.S.W.: Renniks Publications. ISBN 978-0-9585574-4-3.
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| Preceded by Two Dollar Note (Australian) |
Two Dollars (Australian) 1988–present |
Succeeded by Present |
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