In 2019, the Royal Australian Mint showed its support for the Wallabies’ bid to become World Champions with this 2019 release of a $2 limited edition coin that was available in Woolworths supermarket registers.
The $2 Wallabies coin captures the strength and dedication of the team as they embark on their campaign in Japan for the Rugby World Cup.
Featuring green and gold colours to honour the spirit of Australia, customers can find the coin in their change when they shop in Woolworths stores across the country. A total of 2 million special edition coins will be available to collect via Woolworths registers.
Australia played its first Rugby international in 1899 and twice they have soared to the game’s greatest heights, crowned World Champions in 1991 and 1999.
The image on the Australian two dollar coin represents an archetype of an Aboriginal tribal elder, designed by Horst Hahne.
Numerous designers were invited to contribute designs for the two dollar coin based on a brief to include a representation of the head and shoulders of an Aboriginal Australian, the Southern Cross and Australian flora.
The selected design was inspired by an artwork by Ainslie Roberts and modified in line with coin production requirements. Roberts used some features of Gwoya Tjungurrayi, otherwise known as One Pound Jimmy, as inspiration when creating a portrait depicting a traditional Aboriginal tribal elder. The rest of the features were derived from Roberts’ imagination and visual memory developed after drawing thousands of images of Indigenous people.
The size of the two dollar was determined after consideration of the needs of the visually impaired community, security considerations, a desire to avoid shaped coins, practical limitations to the diameter and thickness of coins, and to allow for future expansion of Australia's circulating coin array. When introduced, it was necessary to accommodate this new coin with seven existing denominations.
In 2019, the Royal Australian Mint showed its support for the Wallabies’ bid to become World Champions with this 2019 release of a $2 limited edition coin that was available in Woolworths supermarket registers.
The $2 Wallabies coin captures the strength and dedication of the team as they embark on their campaign in Japan for the Rugby World Cup.
Featuring green and gold colours to honour the spirit of Australia, customers can find the coin in their change when they shop in Woolworths stores across the country. A total of 2 million special edition coins will be available to collect via Woolworths registers.
Australia played its first Rugby international in 1899 and twice they have soared to the game’s greatest heights, crowned World Champions in 1991 and 1999.
The image on the Australian two dollar coin represents an archetype of an Aboriginal tribal elder, designed by Horst Hahne.
Numerous designers were invited to contribute designs for the two dollar coin based on a brief to include a representation of the head and shoulders of an Aboriginal Australian, the Southern Cross and Australian flora.
The selected design was inspired by an artwork by Ainslie Roberts and modified in line with coin production requirements. Roberts used some features of Gwoya Tjungurrayi, otherwise known as One Pound Jimmy, as inspiration when creating a portrait depicting a traditional Aboriginal tribal elder. The rest of the features were derived from Roberts’ imagination and visual memory developed after drawing thousands of images of Indigenous people.
The size of the two dollar was determined after consideration of the needs of the visually impaired community, security considerations, a desire to avoid shaped coins, practical limitations to the diameter and thickness of coins, and to allow for future expansion of Australia's circulating coin array. When introduced, it was necessary to accommodate this new coin with seven existing denominations.