In hard-to-find Uncirculated condition – has a 'C' Mintmark! Australian legal tender – spans 20.50mm in diameter.
The term mintmark refers to a mark on the original die indicating the location where that coin was struck. Counterstamp. Pre-struck coins that are subsequently modified by the Mint using a metal punch on a mobile press prior to issue. A counterstamp can be identified as a symbol surrounded by a small circle. Privy Mark.
The counterstamp is a mark on a coin that has already been struck with it's design. Previously also referred to as "countermarks" these were used throughout history. The first fleet (which arrived in Australian in 1788) arrived with many world coins which were countermarked.
A $2 Vietnam War coin has skyrocketed in value.
The first coin was an uncirculated $2 C Mintmark gold coin, with a retail price of $15 and a mintage of 80,000. The second was a $2 C Mintmark silver coin, with a retail price of $80 and a mintage of just 5,000.
The set was originally sold for $170 - however in recent days, the sets have been valued at as much as $6,000. Kandiah says it's the demand for the $2 Mars coin is driving the huge spike in price for the collection.
It's the little-known symbol that you can find on millions of $2 coins currently circulating in Australia. The tiny “HH” stamp can be found on 1988 and 1989 $2 coins in the bottom left-hand corner, on the lower chest of the Indigenous man featured on the tails side.
We get many calls a week from people asking if the $2 coloured coins they've found in their change or worth money. The answer from us is most often, “no”.
In his video titled “Australia's rarest circulating $2 coin”, the man showed exactly how to detect a fake $2 coin featuring the iconic red flower. “The 2012 red poppy currently has a value of $180,” Joel said.
Without any paint at all, these $2 coins can get you $50. Another coin with some red paint remaining can fetch you $100. And if the coin hasn't been in circulation at all and is in perfect condition, selling the coin can fetch you $200 or more, “depending on the grade,” according to Kandiah.
The Liberty Head nickel, sometimes referred to as the V nickel because of its reverse (or tails) design, is an American five-cent piece.
The current mint marks on United States coinage are P, D, S, and W for the 4 currently operating US Mints. The letter P is used for the Philadelphia Mint, D for the Denver Mint, S for the San Francisco Mint, and W for the West Point Mint.
The short is yes; the presence or absence of a mint mark can and usually do affect the coin's value. However, there is no defined rule of thumb to this because each coin is different. In some cases, the mint mark may increase the value, but in others, a no-mint-mark error may increase the worth.
When introduced, it was necessary to accommodate this new coin with seven existing denominations. This denomination has since been used for commemorative designs.
Unfortunately his initials only appeared on the coin for two years (1988 and 1989) at which time they disappeared. So what's your 1988 or 1989 $2 coin with HH on it worth? Sadly, two dollars only. There were just under 200 million $2 coins minted with HH on them.
The standard $2 design (seen above) has been issued from 1988 to date. The latest version of the Pocket Guide to Australian Coin and Banknotes lists the UNC values for various years ranging from $3 to $25. Remember these are for brilliant uncirculated coins either taken directly from a roll or from a mint set.
And the silver crisis of 1945 and 1946 and the 1945 Penny, Australia's rarest penny. And this 1946 cupro nickel florin, an experimental strike in an alternative metal and the the only example held by a private collector. The Melbourne Mint produced four florins in cupro nickel.
Mintages. A key tool for working out how rare your coin might be is our £2 mintage chart. Generally speaking, the lower the mintage, the rarer the coin and the harder it will be to find in circulation.
Kandiah said the 2012 Red Poppy is still valued at around $350, but has “mellowed out” from the high figures it was fetching shortly after the Queen's funeral. “Since that initial hype from when the Queen passed, the coin went down from $400 to about $350,” he said.
The original red poppy coins were released in 2012, Mr Kandiah said, and had a mintage of 503,000 – 40,902 of which were C-mintmarked.
The Royal Australian Mint proudly presents this $2 Wags The Dog Coin. A must-have for decimal collectors! As with every RAM $2 commemorative, the four full-colour Wiggles $2 coins are likely to be low-mintage issues, and sure to be hoarded out of circulation at speed!
Commencing their journey in Woolworths cash registers across the country, the three $2 coin designs have been struck by the Royal Australian Mint with illustrations of the main character, Hush, from the beloved story.
There are four $2 coins designs and two different $1 coins all with familiar faces on them.