2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Ferdinand Silver Denar
2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Ferdinand Silver Denar
€160,908.00
Issuer
Australia
Year
2000
Type
Non-circulating coin
Value
2 Dollars
Currency
Dollar (1966-date)
Composition
Silver (.999)
Weight
62.207 g
Dimensions
50.3 mm
Thickness
4.5 mm
Shape and Technique
Round Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)
Obverse description
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA
2 DOLLARS
IRB
Reverse description
Kookaburra on Branch (similar to KM# 616) with a special privy mark depicting the overlapping reverse and obverse designs of a Hungary Ferdinand Silver Denar coin, struck between 1531-1564 AD. The reverse design depicts ‘Patrona Hungariae’, the Hungarian Madonna with the Holy Child in her arms. A Hungarian Shield is shown on the obverse with stripes, a cross, heads of Dalmatian leopards and Bohemian lion. Known as ‘Madonnenmunzen’, in order to differentiate them from Medieval Hungarian ‘Shield Coins’, these coins were among the first to be used in Hungary during the Renaissance Period.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2 oz. .999
SILVER
FERDINANNES · D · G · R · VNG ARIE
PATRONA
2000
