The Australian 2 dollar coin was issued to replace the Two dollar note in 1988, the image of the Aboriginal Elder, One pound Jimmy by Artist Ainslie Roberts with the Southern Cross and grass tree (Xanthorrhoea). Issued all years except 2001 with an average mintage of 20 million coins based on total mintage except 1988 as there were 160.7 million coins issued in that year. There are no commemoratives for this issue only the standard design.