Two Dollars 2016 Olympics Red, Coin from Australia - detailed information
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To celebrate the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, the Royal Australian Mint launched a series of limited edition Australian Olympic and Paralympic circulating commemorative $2 coins. The collection includes five Australian Olympic coins, each designed to showcase one of the Olympic Rings (with a distinctive striped circle around the centre, coloured as the respective Olympic ring: blue, black, red, yellow and green), and one Australian Paralympic coin, Australia's first multi-coloured $2 coin. Interestingly, the coins were released into circulation exclusively through the Woolworths chain of supermarkets, with customers receiving them in their change only (one colour every week; the red coins were released on 1 August 2016). A limited number were also issued in special folders (just the five coloured coins; the Paralympic multi-coloured coin was issued in separate card). Coins issued in 2016 have now been in circulation for only four years. | ||||||
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| Variety | In mint sets | |
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| Mintage | Issued: unknown | |
| Details | In 5-coin sets with the other single-colour coins (no Paralympic). RAM Item Code: 510928. Issue price of the set: AU$15.00. There are no mintage or sales figures about the sets in the annual reports for 2015/2016 or 2016/2017. Presumably, the coins in the sets are included in the overall mintage of 2mln. | |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Royal Australian Mint | 2016 | Mint | link | |
| Royal Australian Mint | 2016 | Mintage | link |
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| Royal Mint |
| Country | Australia |
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| Currency | Australian Dollar |
| Coin Type | Two Dollars Circulating Commemorative |
| Issued | 2016 |
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Effigy | Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Face Value | 2 (x Dollar) |
| Total Mintage | 2,000,000 (2.0 million) |
| Current | Yes |
| Material | Aluminium-Bronze |
| Designer | Bronwyn King |
| Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
| Shape | Round |
| Size | 20.500 mm |
| Thickness | 2.800 mm |
| Mass | 6.600 g |
| OCC ID | DANM-QOPY-CJMK-EJYG |
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