2 Cents - Elizabeth II 1st portrait

Features

Issuer	Eastern Caribbean States
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1955-1965
Value	2 Cents (0.02 BWI$)
Currency	British West Indies dollar (1935-1965)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	9.45 g
Diameter	31 mm
Thickness	1.68 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 4018
References	KM# 3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 3 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to the right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
C T

Engraver: Cecil Thomas

Reverse

Value flanked by palmtree fronds

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES
2
CENTS
1965
·EASTERN GROUP·

Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

Comments

Until 1959 this type was minted with 95.5% Copper, 3% Tin, and 1.5% Zinc. After 1959 they were minted with 97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, and 0.5% Tin.

Present in sets

1955 Eastern Caribbean Proof Set

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1955	5 500 000	$ 0.05	$ 0.43	$ 0.43	$ 0.99	$ 1.40	$ 1.40	$ 2.70		45%
1955	2 000								Proof	0.4%
1957	1 250 000		$ 0.16	$ 0.24	$ 0.60	$ 1.00				14%
1957									Proof	0.2%
1958	1 250 000			$ 0.38	$ 0.93	$ 1.30				11%
1958	20								Proof	0.16%
1960	750 000			$ 0.56	$ 0.56					8%
1960									Proof	0.10%
1961	788 000			$ 0.35	$ 0.64	$ 1.10				8%
1961									Proof	0.2%
1962	1 060 000			$ 0.24	$ 0.57	$ 0.74	$ 1.10			11%
1962									Proof	0.13%
1963	250 000			$ 1.40	$ 2.50	$ 2.50	$ 4.00	$ 8.70		5%
1963									Proof	0.10%
1964	1 188 000			$ 0.27	$ 0.71	$ 0.90	$ 1.70	$ 1.70		13%
1964									Proof	0.2%
1965	2 001 000	$ 0.16	$ 0.20	$ 0.34	$ 0.50	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 2.10		39%
1965									Proof	0.7%
1965									Prooflike	0.7%

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Examples of the type

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 112 Lot 2356	10 Feb 2024	1965	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 84 Lot 1122	27 May 2023	1965	UNC	Unsold
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