2 Dollar piece (Australia)
Value:	2.00 AUD
Mass:	6.60 g
Diameter:	20.50 mm
Thickness:	3.20 mm
Edge:	interrupted milled
Composition:	92%Copper, 6%Aluminium, 2%Nickel
Years of Minting:	1988–present
Catalog Number:	-
Obverse
Design:	Queen Elizabeth II, Australia's Queen
Designer:	Raphael Maklouf
Design Date:	1984
Reverse
Design:	One pound Jimmy
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, One pound Jimmy by Artist Ainslie Roberts with the Southern Cross and grass tree (Xanthorrhoea). Issued all years except 2001 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 5cent pieces together and colouring them gold. But with an uninterrupted milling on the 5 cent and the 2 dollars having 5 groves in 4 lots separated by 7mm length of the side identification is easy. Same size and milling as the 10 Swedish kronor. Its smaller size compared to the $1 coin can lead to much confusion when tourists vist. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... BIC pen cap, about 1 gram. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic and silvery with a gold tinge Atomic mass 58. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, in 1952 and 2002 The title Queen of Australia has existed since 1973, when the Parliament of Australia passed the Royal Style and Titles Act (1973). ... Raphael Maklouf (born 10 December 1937) is a sculptor, best known for designing the effigy of Queen Elizabeth used on Commonwealth coinage from 1985 to 1997. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Australian_Two_Dollar_Rev. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Australian_Two_Dollar. ... Crux (IPA: , Latin: ), commonly known as the Southern Cross (in contrast to the Northern Cross), is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but nevertheless one of the most distinctive. ... Species see text Xanthorrhoea is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia and a member of family Xanthorrhoeaceae. ... ISO 4217 Code SEK User(s) Sweden Inflation 1. ...

References

• (2000) Ian W. Pitt: Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 19th ed., Chippendale, N.S.W.: Renniks Publications. ISBN 978-0-9585574-4-3. 

Chippendale is a small inner suburb of Sydney, Australia, sandwiched between Broadway to the north and Cleveland Street to the south, and Sydney Central railway station to the east and the University of Sydney to the west. ... Obverse of $2 note Reverse of $2 note The $2 note was introduced in 1966 to replace the One pound note due to Decimalisation. ...