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Detailed information about Coin: Two Dollars 2000 from Australia

Coin: Two Dollars 2000
Description
CountryAustralia CurrencyAustralian Dollar
Face value2 (x Dollar) TypeTwo Dollars Aboriginal Elder
Year2000 CurrentYes
Mintage5,706,000 (5.7 million)
Mints
NameMint markMintage
Royal Australian Mint No mint mark 5,706,000 (5.7 million)
MaterialAluminium-Bronze DesignerHorst Hahne
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II EffigyPortrait by Ian Rank-Broadley (Fourth Portrait)
Production technologyMilled (machine-made) ShapeRound
Size (mm)20.5000 Thickness (mm)2.8000
Mass (g)6.6000
Obverse

Crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (effigy known as the "Fourth portrait"). In tiny letters below head the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley). Around, ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000.
Obverse inscription ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000
Reverse

The reverse design includes a representation of the head and shoulders of a traditional Australian Aboriginal (half-length figure of Aboriginal male, bare-chested, facing three-quarters right), a representation of the Southern Cross and a representation of Australian flora. To the right, in two lines, the value and denomination 2 DOLLARS.
Reverse inscription2 DOLLARS
EdgeMilled interrupted (20 notches in 4 sections) Edge inscriptionNone
Notes

5.331 mln circulation two dollar pieces dated 2000 were minted in the 2000/2001 financial year (ending 30 June).

Sources of original information:

Royal Australian Mint, Annual Report 2000 - 2001 (2001), p. 53. Retrieved from https://www.ramint.gov.au/sites/default/files/AnnualReport2001_small.pdf
Two Dollars 2000: Known varieties
VarietyMintageDetails
Proof unknown
Two Dollars 2000: Catalogue Reference IDs
SourceReference ID
Krause, Standard Catalog of World CoinsAustralia KM# 406
Two Dollars 2000: References to Information Used
SourceEditionAboutLinkNotes
Royal Australian Mint 2016 Mint link
Royal Australian Mint 2016 Mintage link
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins Mintage
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins Varieties
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List of all (44) coins of type: Australia / Two Dollars
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Two Dollars 1994 Two Dollars 1995 Two Dollars 1996 Two Dollars 1997 Two Dollars 1998 Two Dollars 1999
Two Dollars 2000 Two Dollars 2001 Two Dollars 2002 Two Dollars 2003 Two Dollars 2004 Two Dollars 2005
Two Dollars 2006 Two Dollars 2007 Two Dollars 2008 Two Dollars 2009 Two Dollars 2010 Two Dollars 2011
Two Dollars 2012 Remembrance Day (Poppy) Two Dollars 2012 Two Dollars 2013 Two Dollars 2013 Coronation (Purple) Two Dollars 2014 Two Dollars 2014 Remembrance Day (Green)
Two Dollars 2015 Two Dollars 2015 Remembrance Day (Red) Two Dollars 2015 Remembrance Day (Orange) Two Dollars 2016 Two Dollars 2016 Olympics Blue Two Dollars 2016 Olympics Black
Two Dollars 2016 Olympics Red Two Dollars 2016 Olympics Yellow Two Dollars 2016 Olympics Green Two Dollars 2016 Paralympic Two Dollars 2016 Changeover Two Dollars 2017
Two Dollars 2017 Remembrance Day (Blue and Green) Two Dollars 2018