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The Australian two-cent coin is the second smallest denomination of the Australian dollar. It was introduced with the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth) but - unlike some of the other denominations - it did not replace an earlier pre-decimal coin; given that the 5 cents piece replaced the sixpence, two cents were technically equal to 2.4 pence but the Act rounded that to either two or three pence. The halfpenny, penny and threepence denominations had no exact equivalent in the new system, unlike the sixpence, shilling and florin which were equivalent to respectively 5 cents, 10 cents and 20 cents and were re-denominated as such Coins issued in 1967 circulated for 25 years before, together with coins of the one cent denomination, they were withdrawn from circulation in February 1992. They have never been demonetised though and remain legal tender. | ||||||
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Variety | No SD | |
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Mintage | Issued: unknown (included in total) | |
Details | No designer's initials SD on reverse. |
Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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Royal Australian Mint | 2016 | Mint | link | |
Royal Australian Mint | 2016 | Mintage | link | |
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mintage | ||
Perth Mint | 2012 | Varieties | link | No SD |
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Country | Australia |
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Currency | Australian Dollar |
Coin Type | Two Cents |
Issued | 1967 |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait, by Arnold Machin |
Face Value | 2 (x Cent) |
Total Mintage | 73,250,000 (73.3 million) |
Current | No |
Material | Bronze |
Designer | Stuart Devlin |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Size | 21.5900 mm |
Mass | 5.2000 g |
OCC ID | WLGV-BELD-CDBE-MPXD |
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Source | Reference ID |
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Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Australia KM# 63 |