Queensland 2 shilling brown types

The second sideface issues were based upon a single 2d. die stamp known as the Ridgway head of Queen Victoria on a lined oval background, made by Bradbury Wilkinson in 1882. Groups of 4 electrodes (moulds / clichés), taken from the die itself, repeated 30 times, were used to make up the two pence plate.

By 1887 this plate was worn out and new plates were constructed starting with a block of 4 electrodes of the 2d. The Queen's profile was modified by a white line down the front of the neck and the point of the bust. Transfers were taken from this mould to form the new 2 shilling value which was first issued on 19 March 1889.

There were 4 types of this value:

Type 1: The shading of the 3 lines in the oval in front of the diadem is much thickened. Dots 8 and 9 in the lower frame run together.

Type 2: 'LA' in Queensland in joined. The 9th frame dot up from the bottom left corner runs into a spandrel.

Type 3: The dot over the 'L' of Queensland breaks through the frame. There is a projection at the top left corner of the frame.

Type 4: The frame dots are more irregular than in any other type particularly the lower left side. The first shading line in the left top spandrel does not impinge on the vertical coloured line at left and is broken over the second 'E' of Queensland. There is a broken oval shading line in front of the throat opposite the 'T' of two that looks like a white line.