Double Ring Dollar Coin Australia

1988 or 1989 2 dollar coins with hh stamped on them.

Double ring dollar coin australia.

Even then its coins were minted by branches of britain s royal mint in sydney melbourne and perth. The coin was made when a technician at the royal australian mint accidentally paired the kangaroo patterned tails side of the coin with the head of a 10c piece explains the australian coin collecting blog. Picclick insights double rim dollar coin 1 year 2000 picclick exclusive. Coin 3 curved clipped planchet 2 coin 1988 1998.

Planning for a one dollar coin commenced as early as the mid 1970s. This created a coin that is slightly thicker than a regular 1 gold with a double rim around the queen. Half penny d penny 1d threepence 3d sixpence 6d shilling 1s florin 2s and crown 5s circulated in the country. Production of half sovereigns ceased in.

It wasn t until 1910 nine years after federation that australia again created its own currency the australian pound. We ve put the 2 dollar coin with hh on the reverse here not because they are rare australian 2 dollar coins but because they are not. It was recognised that australia needed a higher value coin which could be practically used in coin operated machines and to replace the one dollar note which had a short service life through high use mr stuart devlin was commissioned to design the reverse of the new coin. A technician s mix up caused a rare 1 10c hybrid to be.

But this doesn t stop several dozen people a year asking us whether their two dollar coin from 1988 or 1989 with hh on it is valuable. Check the date the accb writes. 1 sold 0 available. A mistake at the royal australia mint in 2000 led to a unique set of 1 coins being made and now they re valued as high as 4000.

According to the australian coin collecting blog the so called 1 10c mule coin could be worth anywhere from 1000 to nearly 3000. 0 views 0 views per day 1 281 days on ebay. The one dollar coin was first introduced on 14 may 1984.