The two-dollar coin is the third-highest denomination coin of the Hong Kong dollar. Since its introduction in 1976, it is one of two circulating coins to not be round (the twenty cent coin is also not round). The two dollar coin is a dodecagonal scallop in shape, and made of cupro-nickel.
It was issued in 1975, and thus became the highest denomination coin until the five dollar coin was introduced the next year. The coin was a new denomination to the Hong Kong monetary system, as suggested by the Coinage Review Committee.
The obverse featured Queen Elizabeth II from its introduction until being replaced with the Bauhinia flower in 1993, which featured on all Hong Kong coins minted since that year. In 1997, a commemorative coin was issued featuring the two saints of harmony, the He He brothers, to commemorate the handover of Hong Kong, from the United Kingdom to China.
Mintage YearMintage 1975 60,000,000 1978 504,000 1979 9,032,000 1980 30,000,000 1981 30,000,000 1982 30,000,000 1983 7,002,000 1984 22,002,000 1985 10,002,000 1986 15,000,000 1987 Unknown 1988 5,000,000 circulating. 20,000 proof. 1989 33,000,000 1990 Unknown 1991 Unknown 1992 14,000,000 (4,370,000 issued) 1993 Unknown 1994 Unknown 1995 Unknown 1997 He He Brothers commemorative. Unknown circulating. 97,000 proof. 1998 Unknown 2012 80,000,000 2013 Unknown 2015 Unknown 2017 Unknown 2019 Unknown
References
Further reading Ma Tak Wo (2004), Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency, Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD Kowloon Hong Kong. .