Bidspirit auction | 1988 AU Bicentenary Uncirculated Mint

1988 AU Bicentenary Uncirculated Mint Set - A Royal Australian Mint eight-coin uncirculated mint set issued to commemorate the Australian Bicentenary in 1988. The collection includes denominations of $2, $1, 50c, 20c, 10c, 5c, 2c, and 1c. The two-dollar and one-dollar coins are struck in aluminium-bronze, the fifty-cent, twenty-cent, ten-cent, and five-cent coins are struck in copper-nickel, and the two-cent and one-cent coins are struck in bronze. The obverse of each coin bears the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. Notable reverse types include the commemorative 1788-1988 fifty-cent piece and the two-dollar coin featuring an Aboriginal Elder. The coins are housed in the original yellow card insert and pictorial outer sleeve which depicts a historical harbour scene and carries the Australian Bicentennial logo.