Australian $2 Coloured Coin Collection 2012 - 2022 Folder
| Australia introduced $2 coins into circulation in 1988, replacing the $2 note. At the time, bank notes were lasting only six months due to wear and tear, whereas a coin can last for more than 30 years in circulation.
Horst Hahne designed the $2 coin, featuring the Southern Cross and a representation of an Aboriginal tribal Elder. The coin has a diameter of 20.5mm, a mass of 6.6g and is made of an alloy consisting of 92% copper, 6% aluminium and 2% nickel. It might look like gold but costs far, far less. A smaller and thicker coin size was chosen so that the vision impaired could easily identify it. Since 1988 the Mint has produced over 900 million $2 coins.
In 2012 the Mint released Australia's first ever coloured $2 coin to commemorate Remembrance Day. This special coin featured a red poppy on its reverse and only half a million were made, so it is very rare! Many other military themed coloured $2 coins have followed for circulation including the 2015 In Flanders Fields, the 2017 Rosemary for Remembrance and the 2018 Armistice Centenary coins.
Australia's highest denomination (and second smallest) circulating coin has told many of our stories over the decades, and will continue to tell even more into the future. Can you find them all?
Remembrance/Anniversary (21 Coins)
2022 Peace Keeping (NEW)
2022 Australian Honey Bee
2022 Frontline Workers
2021 50th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Flag
2021 Indigenous Military Service Two Dollar
2021 Australian Ambulance Service
2020 Firefighters
2020 75th anniversary of the End of World War2
2019 Police Remembrance Day
2019 100 Years Repatriation (red)
2018 Armistice
2018 Eternal Flame
2018 Invictus Games Sydney
2017 Remembrance Day (green) Rosemary
2017 Lest we forget ANZAC Day (green) Mosaic
2016 50th anniversary of decimal currency
2015 Remembrance Day Flanders (orange)
2015 Lest we forget ANZAC Day (red)
2014 Remembrance Day DOVE (green)
2012 Remembrance Day (Poppy)
2xxx Standard Design
NOTES:
The 20 coins photographed are the ones you are bidding on. At least 10 coins are UNC. There are two or three are aUNC condition. All coins will be shipped in plastic coin capsule for protection in transit. Please check the photos to make your own judgement of grades. A UNC Peace Keepingcoin is included
Happy coin collecting!
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