$2 Coin
The U.S. Mint launched the American Eagle Coin Program in 1986 with gold and silver bullion coins for investors. The program has since expanded to include platinum and palladium coins. The Mint also makes proof and uncirculated versions of the American Eagle coins for collecting.
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The obverse of the American Eagle Gold Coins features a version of Liberty first used on the 1907 $20, or “double eagle” coin. The design, by famed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, shows Liberty facing forward, holding a torch in one hand and an olive branch in the other. The reverse depicted an eagle grasping an olive branch flying above a nest of eagles. Starting in 2021, the gold coins feature a newly designed portrait of an eagle on the reverse and a refreshed obverse.
The obverse of the American Eagle Silver Coins uses the “Walking Liberty” design by sculptor Adolph A. Weinman from the 1916 half dollar. Liberty walks in profile, draped in the folds of the American flag. Her right arm is extended and she carries laurel and oak branches in her left. The reverse depicted a heraldic eagle with a shield, grasping an olive branch in the right talon and arrows in the left. Starting in 2021, the coins feature a new reverse showing an eagle carrying an oak branch coming to land and a refreshed obverse.
The Mint first released American Eagle Platinum Coins in 1997. The bullion coin features the Statue of Liberty on the obverse and a soaring eagle on the reverse. The proof coin design changes each year.
The American Eagle Palladium Coins were first released in 2017 as bullion and 2018 as proof. Like the silver coins, the palladium coins re-create historic designs by Adolph Weinman. The obverse features Liberty wearing a cap with wings used on the 1916 Mercury dime. The reverse shows an eagle grasping a branch first used on the 1907 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
American Eagle Bullion Coins
American Eagle Bullion Coins provide investors with a convenient and cost effective way to add a small amount of physical gold, silver, platinum, or palladium to their investment portfolios. The gold bullion coins are available in four sizes: one ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce, and one-tenth ounce. The silver, platinum, and palladium bullion coins are available in the one ounce size.
The U.S. Mint does not sell American Eagle Bullion Coins directly to the public. Learn more about how to buy bullion coins.
Watch the video below to learn about palladium coins.
American Eagle Proof and Uncirculated Coins
The Mint produces American Eagle Coins for collectors with proof and uncirculated finishes. The gold and silver coins are released in both proof and uncirculated finishes each year. The platinum coins are currently made only as proof, while the palladium coins switch finishes each year.
The coins sell at a fixed price and can be purchased directly from the U.S. Mint.
American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins
The U.S. Mint produced its first legal tender platinum proof coin in 1997. Its $100 face value is the highest denomination for a U.S. legal tender coin. Produced for collectors, it bears the “W” mint mark of the West Point Mint, where it is produced. This precious metal coin has a limited mintage and may be purchased directly from the Mint.
From 1997 to 2017, the American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin shared a common obverse that depicted the Statue of Liberty. The coin’s reverse featured a variety of themed series designs, including:
- Portrait of Liberty (1997)
- Vistas of Liberty (1998 to 2002)
- Foundations of Democracy (2006 to 2008)
- Preamble to the Constitution (2009 to 2014)
- Torches of Liberty (2015 and 2016)
In 2017 for the 20th anniversary of the platinum proof program, the coin bore its original 1997 design. From 2018 to 2020, the Mint issued the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence Series. The obverse designs featured a different scene with Liberty each year. The common reverse showed an eagle in flight carrying an olive branch.
- 2018 Platinum Proof – Life
- 2019 Platinum Proof – Liberty
- 2020 Platinum Proof – Happiness
First Amendment to the United States Constitution Platinum Proof Coin Series
The 2021-2025 “First Amendment to the United States Constitution Platinum Proof Coin Series” features newly designed one ounce 99.95 percent platinum proof coins. The obverse designs use the lifecycle of the oak tree from seedling to a mighty oak as a metaphor for our country’s growth as a Nation that values freedom. Liberty grows to a thing of strength and beauty from a seed – our Bill of Rights. Each of the freedoms enumerated in the First Amendment contributes to the growth and development of the Nation.
This series continues the reverse design introduced for the 2018-2020 Preamble to the Declaration of Independence Series. It features an eagle in flight with an olive branch in its talons.
| Value | 2.00 AUD |
|---|---|
| Mass | 6.60 g |
| Diameter | 20.50 mm |
| Thickness | 2.80 mm |
| Edge | interrupted milled 20 notches |
| Composition | 92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel |
| Years of minting | 1988–present |
| Obverse | |
| Design | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Designer | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Design date | 1999 |
| Reverse | |
| Design | Male Aboriginal Elder |
| Designer | Horst Hahne |
| Design date | 1987 |
The Australian two-dollar coin is the highest-denomination coin of the Australian dollar. It was first issued on 20 June 1988, having been in planning since the mid-1970s. It replaced the Australian two-dollar note due to having a longer circulatory life.[1]The only 'mint set only' year was 1991.The one-dollar and two-dollar coins are legal tender up to the sum of not exceeding 10 times the face value of the coin concerned.[2]
Design[edit]
In accordance with all other Australian coins, the obverse features the portrait of the reigning monarch, who during the lifetime of the coin has only been Queen Elizabeth II. From 1988 to 1998 the portrait of her was by Raphael Maklouf before being replaced in the following year by one sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley.[3] Since 2019, the effigy of Elizabeth II by artist Jody Clark has been released into circulation.
Designed by Horst Hahne, the reverse depicts an Aboriginal Elder, a Walpiri-Anmatyerre man of the Northern Territory of Australia, inspired by an Ainslie Roberts drawing of Gwoya Jungarai (Tjungarrayi) known as One Pound Jimmy.[4][1] Tjungarrayi was one of the only survivors of one of the last recognised massacres of Aboriginal people by the British- the 1928 Coniston massacre in central Australia. However, the design is ‘not intended’ to depict any person in particular.[5] The design also incorporates the Southern Cross and native grasstrees. The initials of its designer, Horst Hahne, were removed from the design from 1990 onwards. 1988 and 1989 are the only year dated two dollars with the initials.[1]
All two-dollar coins have been struck at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. 160.9 million coins were minted in the first year of issue.[1] It has been issued in all years since except 1991,[1] with an average mintage of 22 million coins per annum from 1989 to 2008.
In 2012, the Australian mint released the first ever different designed two-dollar coin. It features a poppy flower, with the words Lest we Forget and Remembrance Day in the background of the coin. There had been no commemorative designs for this issue, until the 2012 Remembrance coin was minted. Along with the 2012 Remembrance coin was a coin with the same text and image but the centre poppy was red with a black centre. It was therefore the first coloured circulating coin in Australia.
On 21 June 2013, a third commemorative two-dollar coin was launched by the Royal Australian Mint. This coin, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, featured a purple circle bordering St Edward's Crown.[6]
As a part of the 100 years of Anzac Day a coin programme launched by the Royal Australian Mint, two separate coloured coins were released. The first was released in 2014, it featured two green circles in the middle of the coin and a dove in the centre. The word Remembrance was stretched across the top of the coin. In 2015, the fourth circulating coloured coin in Australia was released. It includes red stripes much like the 2013 Queen Coronation coin. It also features five crosses amongst poppies and the words Lest we Forget in the centre. A fifth coin was also released in 2015. It is sunset orange and it features a sun in the centre with birds and the Flanders Field poem in the background.
In 2016 a commemorative coin was issued for the Rio Olympic Games. Five Coins were issued for circulation via Woolworths and were made available in packs of the 5 coins on the 27 July 2016. A Paralympic Games coin was issued on the 22 August 2016.[7]
When the coin was introduced there were complaints that the coin was too small for its value and was easily lost, or counterfeited by placing two 5 cent pieces together and colouring them gold.[citation needed] However, with an uninterrupted milling on the 5-cent, and the 2 dollars having 5 grooves in 4 lots separated by 7 mm length of the side, identification is easy. It has the same size and milling as the 10 Swedish kronor.
Its smaller size in comparison to the $1 coin can lead to confusion for visitors from outside Australia.
Minting figures[edit]
The coin has only been struck at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra, the nation's capital. The only year without production was 1991 (due to the large number issued for the coin's introduction in 1988).[1]
| Year | Mintage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988* | 160,900,000 | ||
| 1989* | 31,600,000 | ||
| 1990 | 10,300,000 | ||
| 1991 | - | ||
| 1992 | 15,500,000 | ||
| 1993 | 4,900,000 | ||
| 1994 | 22,100,000 | ||
| 1995 | 15,500,000 | ||
| 1996 | 13,900,000 | ||
| 1997 | 19,000,000 | ||
| 1998 | 8,700,000 | ||
| 1999 | 27,300,000 | ||
| 2000 | 5,700,000 | ||
| 2001 | 35,600,000 | ||
| 2002 | 29,700,000 | ||
| 2003 | 13,700,000 | ||
| 2004 | 20,000,000 | ||
| 2005 | 45,500,000 | ||
| 2006 | 40,500,000 | ||
| 2007 | 26,000,000 | ||
| 2008 | 47,000,000 | ||
| 2009 | 74,500,000 | ||
| 2010 | 36,500,000 | ||
| 2011 | 1,800,000 | ||
| 2012 | 5,900,000 | ||
| 2013 | 35,100,000 | ||
| 2014 | 39,900,000 | ||
| 2015 | 22,000,000 | ||
| 2016 | 12,900,000 | ||
| 2017 | 16,400,000 | ||
| 2018 | 14,600,000 | ||
| 2019 | IRB 9,000,000 JC 2,000,000 | ||
| '*' denotes that coins were minted with the designer's initials | |||
| References: [1] | |||
Commemorative coins[edit]
| Year | Subject | Colours/Features | Mintage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Poppy | None | 5,800,000 |
| Red | 500,000 | ||
| 2013 | 60th Anniversary of Queen's Coronation | Purple | 1,000,000 |
| 2014 | Remembrance Day | Green | 1,850,000 |
| 2015 | 100 Years of ANZACs | Red | 1,460,000 |
| In Flanders Field | Orange | 2,150,000 | |
| 2016 | 50 Years of Decimal Currency | Pre-decimal Crown on obverse | 2,880,000 |
| 2016 Rio Olympics** | Blue | 2,000,000 | |
| Black | |||
| Red | |||
| Yellow | |||
| Green | |||
| 2016 Rio Paralympics | Green/Yellow/Red/Blue | ||
| 2017 | Lest We Forget | Blue/Green/Yellow | 3,900,000 |
| Possum Magic** | Pink/Purple/Orange/Blue | N/A | |
| Red/Orange/Purple/Yellow/Blue | |||
| Blue/Navy/Pink/Orange/Green | |||
| Remembrance | Green/Purple rosemary. | 2,100,000 | |
| 2018 | 2018 Commonwealth Games | Red | TBA |
| Green | |||
| Blue | |||
| Eternal Flame | Blue/Orange | 3,400,000* | |
| 2018 Invictus Games | None | TBA | |
| 2019 | Armistice of 11 November 1918 | Red | TBA |
| Mr. Squiggle** | Turquoise/Yellow/Red | TBA | |
| Yellow/Orange/Green | |||
| Pink/Orange/Green | |||
| Blue/Black/White | |||
| 2020 | ICC Women's T20 World Cup | Yellow/Blue/Purple | TBA |
| 30th Anniversary of National Police Remembrance Day | Blue/White | TBA | |
| '*' denotes partial numbers - total production to be confirmed | |||
| '**' denotes release through Woolworths Supermarkets | |||
| References: [1][7][8][9] | |||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ abcdefgh'Two Dollars'. Royal Australian Mint. Australian Government. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^'RBA Banknotes: Legal Tender'. banknotes.rba.gov.au. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^'Heads or Tails'. Royal Australian Mint. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^Ian W. Pitt, ed. (2000). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (19th ed.). Chippendale, NSW: Renniks Publications. ISBN978-0-9585574-4-3.
- ^Royal Australian Mint - Frequently Asked Questions - About Australian Coins
- ^'Governor-General launches Australia's first purple striped coin'.
- ^ ab'Woolworths shoppers win gold with exclusive Olympic coin launch'(Media release). Royal Australian Mint. Australian Government. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^Jacka, Monty (13 February 2019). 'He's Mr Squiggle, he's back and on a coin near you'. Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^'Mr Squiggle & Friends 2019 Coin Collection'. Woolworths. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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| Preceded by Two Dollar Note (Australian) | Two Dollars (Australian) 1988–present | Succeeded by Present |