2 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait

Features

Country	Australia
Type	Common coin
Years	1966-1984
Value	2 Cents 0.02 AUD = 0.016 USD
Metal	Bronze
Weight	5.2 g
Diameter	21.6 mm
Thickness	1.5 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
References	KM# 63, Schön# 50 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

2nd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Lettering: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1966

Engraver: Arnold Machin

Reverse

Frill-necked Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known as the Frilled Dragon, endemic to Australia and south New Guinea.

NOTE: the 1966 issue comes from three different mints, the coins are distinguishable by tiny differences at the claws of the lizard:
Perth mint: the first finger at the left hand (from viewer's point of view) has a blunted claw
Melbourne mint: the second finger at the right hand has a blunted claw
Canberra mint: both fingers have claws

Lettering:
2
SD

Engraver: Stuart Devlin

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Normal circulating 1 and 2 cent coins were demonetised in February 1992 and after removal from circulation, the coins were melted down to make bronze medals for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The 3 mints on the 1966 coin (http://www.australian-threepence.com/blog/2010/03/australian-1966-2c-mint-marks.html)

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Year	Mintage
1966		Uncirculated year set
1966	145,226,000	Canberra Mint; No blunted claws
1966	66,575,000	Melbourne Mint; Blunted 2nd right claw
1966	217,735,000	Perth Mint; Blunted 1st left claw
1966	16,000	Proof year set
1967	73,250,000
1967		Without designer's initials on reverse
1968	17,000,000
1969	12,940,000
1969		Uncirculated year set
1969	13,000	Proof year set
1970	39,872,000
1970		Uncirculated year set
1970	15,000	Proof year set
1971		Uncirculated year set
1971	60,735,000
1971	10,000	Proof year set
1972	77,570,000
1972		Uncirculated year set
1972	10,000	Proof year set
1973	94,058,000
1973		Uncirculated year set
1973	10,000	Proof year set
1974	177,723,000
1974		Uncirculated year set
1974	11,000	Proof year set
1975	100,045,000
1975		Uncirculated year set
1975	23,000	Proof year set
1976	121,882,000
1976		Uncirculated year set
1976	21,000	Proof year set
1977	102,000,000
1977		Uncirculated year set
1977	55,000	Proof year set
1978	128,700,000
1978		Uncirculated year set
1978	39,000	Proof year set
1979	69,705,000
1979		Uncirculated year set
1979	36,000	Proof year set
1980		Uncirculated year set
1980	145,603,000
1980	68,000	Proof year set
1981		Uncirculated year set
1981	247,300,000
1981	86,000	Proof year set
1982	121,770,000
1982		Uncirculated year set
1982	100,000	Proof year set
1983	177,227,000
1983		Uncirculated year set
1983	80,000	Proof year set
1984	57,963,000
1984		Uncirculated year set
1984	61,000	Proof year set

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