2 Dollars

Issuer Zimbabwe (1980-date)
Year 1997
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 2 Dollars (2 ZWD)
Currency First Dollar (1980-2006)
Composition Brass
Weight 9.52 g
Diameter 24.0 mm
Thickness 2.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s) Barry Stanton
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#12, Schön#61
Obverse description Representation of the protective bird, the most famous of Zimbabwe sculptures dated between XII and XIV century. Protective sculpture in the city of Great Zimbabwe, the capital of Monomotapa Empire and led Gokomere ancestors of Shona, the people of southern Africa.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ZIMBABWE 1997
Reverse description Pangolins (Malay pang goling `one who wraps`) or Manidae also known as scaly anteaters, are insectivores toothless mammal whose elongated body is largely covered with scales, which live in tropical and equatorial regions Africa and Southeast Asia.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering $2
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1997 - -
Numisquare ID 3417846620
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