Two Dollars Circulating Commemorative, Coin Type from Australia - detailed information

The Australian two dollar coin denomination (written as $2) was introduced in 1988 to replace a banknote of the same value. Its original ("definitive") design depicts an Aboriginal Elder and is issued every year. The Royal Australian Mint also uses the denomination to issue a large variety of circulating commemorative coins with the same size and composition - many of them in colour, marking various topics of interest; there is also a range of non-circulating $2 coins listed on this site separately.