Australian coins / Two cents

Australian two cents

The whole series: 22 dated issues, each opening to the document its figure came from, plus 0 branch mint production records.

YearDesignMintageWhat the figure is
1989 Standard design 124,500,000 different-basis

This coin has a page of its own, because two figures on different bases.

1989 two cents: the full record →

1988 Standard design 28,900,000 different-basis

This coin has a page of its own, because two figures on different bases.

1988 two cents: the full record →

1985 Standard design 32,600,000 single-source

single-source 32,600,000 pieces

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

FigureMintWhat was countedSource, and its own words
32,600,000 RAM final-mintage-as-published±50,000 Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: two cents (Mintage Figures)
1985 | 32.6 | RAM
1984 Standard design 58,000,000 single-source

single-source 58,000,000 pieces

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

FigureMintWhat was countedSource, and its own words
58,000,000 RAM final-mintage-as-published±50,000 Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: two cents (Mintage Figures)
1984 | 58.0 | RAM
1983 Standard design 177,300,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1983 two cents: the full record →

1982 Standard design 121,700,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1982 two cents: the full record →

1981 Standard design 250,000,000 summed-from-components1 variety

This coin has a page of its own, because 1 documented variety.

1981 two cents: the full record →

1980 Standard design 145,600,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1980 two cents: the full record →

1979 Standard design 69,700,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1979 two cents: the full record →

1978 Standard design 128,700,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1978 two cents: the full record →

1977 Standard design 118,700,000 summed-from-components1 variety

This coin has a page of its own, because 1 documented variety.

1977 two cents: the full record →

1976 Standard design 121,900,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1976 two cents: the full record →

1975 Standard design 100,100,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1975 two cents: the full record →

1974 Standard design 177,700,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1974 two cents: the full record →

1973 Standard design 94,100,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1973 two cents: the full record →

1972 Standard design 77,600,000 single-source

single-source 77,600,000 pieces

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

FigureMintWhat was countedSource, and its own words
77,600,000 RAM final-mintage-as-published±50,000 Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: two cents (Mintage Figures)
1972 | 77.6 | RAM
1971 Standard design 60,700,000 single-source

single-source 60,700,000 pieces

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

FigureMintWhat was countedSource, and its own words
60,700,000 RAM final-mintage-as-published±50,000 Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: two cents (Mintage Figures)
1971 | 60.7 | RAM
1970 Standard design 39,900,000 single-source

single-source 39,900,000 pieces

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

FigureMintWhat was countedSource, and its own words
39,900,000 RAM final-mintage-as-published±50,000 Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: two cents (Mintage Figures)
1970 | 39.9 | RAM
1969 Standard design 12,900,000 single-source

single-source 12,900,000 pieces

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

FigureMintWhat was countedSource, and its own words
12,900,000 RAM final-mintage-as-published±50,000 Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: two cents (Mintage Figures)
1969 | 12.9 | RAM
1968 Standard design 17,000,000 single-source1 variety

This coin has a page of its own, because 1 documented variety.

1968 two cents: the full record →

1967 Standard design 73,300,000 single-source

single-source 73,300,000 pieces

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

FigureMintWhat was countedSource, and its own words
73,300,000 RMP final-mintage-as-published±50,000 Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: two cents (Mintage Figures)
1967 | 73.3 | RMP
1966 Standard design 429,500,000 summed-from-components

This coin has a page of its own, because the figure is summed from components.

1966 two cents: the full record →

Every year above opens to the documents behind its figure. 15 of 22 also have a page of their own, where there was more to say than a row can hold.

Varieties and errors

A variety is a claim about a coin, and claims differ in how well they are evidenced. The grade beside each says what kind of source stands behind it. This catalogue prints no valuations, so nothing here tells you what a variety is worth.

VarietyHow you tell it apartEvidenceSource
1968 two cents (low-mintage key date; not a variety) Date 1968; source table reports 17.0 million primary
a mint, museum or contemporary document
 source
No-SD two-cent varieties
applies to 1967, 1968, 1973, 1981
 Stuart Devlin initials cannot be seen left of lizard's front-right paw scholarly
a numismatic society, museum catalogue or archival study
 source
Source says omission rather than die fill is “believed,” not demonstrated.
1977 doubled-obverse-die 2c True hub doubling on obverse design scholarly
a numismatic society, museum catalogue or archival study
 source
Claim is explicitly limited to authors' awareness.
1981 2c multiple-strike in collar Multiple superimposed in-collar strikes scholarly
a numismatic society, museum catalogue or archival study
 source