2014 Remembrance Day $2 Coin
The 2014 Remembrance Day $2 is a circulating $2 coin with 1.85 million made. Value band: small premium. Here is how to recognize it, what makes one worth more and what to check on yours.
- Year
- 2014
- Circulation mintage
- 1,850,000
- Value band
- Small premium
- Composition
- Aluminum bronze (92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickel)
Original illustration of the coin's shape and metal. Tap to flip. Not a picture of the actual design.
Face value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2014 Remembrance Day $2 worth?
At 1.85 million, the 2014 Remembrance Day $2 has a smaller run than most $2 coins, so collectors pay a small premium for it, especially in uncirculated condition. On colored coins the paint has to be intact: a worn or chipped color panel cuts the premium sharply. Well circulated examples sit close to face value.
What would make yours worth more:
- Intact, unworn color
- Uncirculated condition
- Original card or collector folder
For market prices, look at recent sold results for the same coin in the same condition, not asking prices.
Quick answers
- Is the 2014 Remembrance Day $2 rare?
- It is scarcer than most $2 coins. Collectors pay a small premium for good examples.
- How many 2014 Remembrance Day $2 coins were made?
- 1,850,000 were struck for circulation.
- What is the 2014 Remembrance Day $2 made of?
- Aluminum bronze (92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickel). It weighs 6.6 g and measures 20.5 mm.
- Is the 2014 Remembrance Day $2 still legal tender?
- Yes. Every $2 coin, colored commemoratives included, is legal tender in Australia.
Why the 2014 Remembrance Day $2 was made
Two years after the red poppy, the Royal Australian Mint returned to Remembrance Day with a new colored $2, this time using green. The year carried extra weight: 2014 marked one hundred years since the First World War began, a conflict in which hundreds of thousands of Australians enlisted and more than 60,000 were killed. Remembrance Day falls on 11 November, the date of the 1918 Armistice. The coin joined a run of commemoratives that tracked the centenary years of that war.
The circulation mintage was 1,850,000, more than three times the red poppy but still small next to the 39.9 million regular $2 coins of 2014. Because it arrived after the first colored coins had already caught the public's eye, more people knew to look for it and plenty were pulled out of change and kept. It still turns up in circulation, often with the green rubbed back from years in purses and pockets. A circulated example is still easy enough to find with a little patience. Look for it in any jar of older $2 coins.
How to recognize it
The green coloring on the reverse is what identifies this coin. It replaces Horst Hahne's Aboriginal elder, so if your 2014 $2 shows the elder and the Southern Cross, it's the regular issue instead. The obverse has Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen in a tiara with IRB at the neck and the date 2014. The coin keeps the standard $2 specifications of 20.5 mm, 6.6 g and aluminum bronze. Don't confuse it with the 2017 Remembrance coin, which features rosemary in green and purple, or with the 2012 red poppy. Only the 2014 coin uses green alone and carries the 2014 date.
2014 Remembrance Day $2 by the numbers
Measured by how many were made, the 2014 Remembrance Day $2 ranks 5th lowest of 13 commemorative $2 releases with a published mintage. The next scarcer is the 2018 Armistice Centenary $2 (1.7 million); the next more common is the 2016 Rio Paralympics $2 (2 million).
For scale, the most common is the 2016 Rio Olympics $2 with 10 million, about 5.4 times as many. The scarcest is the 2012 Remembrance Day Red Poppy $2 with 500,000, 3.7 times fewer than this one.
2014 brought 1 other circulating $2 coin design: the 2014 Australian $2 (39.9 million). The 2014 Remembrance Day $2 was the scarcest of the year.
What to check on your 2014 Remembrance Day $2
- Confirm the design: Remembrance Day dated 2014, with the colored panel (Green).
- Never clean a colored coin. Rubbing or solvents strip the color, which is most of what collectors are paying for.
- Check the edge: Australian $2 coins have interrupted milling, with sections of reeding separated by smooth gaps.
- Weigh it if you are unsure: a genuine $2 coin weighs 6.6 g and is 20.5 mm across.
With 1,850,000 struck, this is one of the more available colored $2 coins, though still far scarcer than any recent regular date. Clean examples with strong green bring a small premium and the best uncirculated pieces a collector premium. Worn coins with patchy color are common and draw little beyond face value. Leave the color alone: no cleaning, no polishing cloths and no soaking. Collectors usually keep it with the other Remembrance and Anzac colored coins as a set covering the war centenary.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Denomination | 2 dollars |
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
| Year | 2014 |
| Circulation mintage | 1,850,000 |
| Composition | Aluminum bronze (92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickel) |
| Weight | 6.6 g |
| Diameter | 20.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Interrupted milling |
| Colors | Green |
Other 2014 $2 coins
| Coin | Circulation mintage | Value band |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 Australian $2 Coin | 39,900,000 | Face value |
Frequently asked questions
What is the green $2 coin from 2014?
It's the 2014 Remembrance Day $2, a colored commemorative issued in the centenary year of the start of the First World War. It has a green colored reverse in place of the usual Aboriginal elder.
Is the green 2014 $2 coin rare?
It's scarce compared with regular coins, with 1,850,000 made against 39.9 million regular 2014 $2s. It's one of the easier colored coins to find, so worn examples sit close to face value.
Mintage figures: Australian two-dollar coin (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Australian Mint figures. How we build these pages.