Month: April 2026

2015 Two Pound Coin Magna Carta Reverse 2015 Two Pound Coin – Magna Carta - 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta. The Reverse, by John Bergdahl, shows King John signing the Magna Carta. The Obverse show a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark.
2012 Two Pounds Charles Dickens Reverse 2012 Charles Dickens £2 - Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the greatest novelists of all time. Dickens created some of the most loved fictional characters ever. He was a superstar in his day, his work has never gone out of print and has spawned more than 200 movies. He's still famous today.
The Mary Rose 2 Pounds 2011 2011 Two Pound Coin – Mary Rose - The 2011 Mary Rose £2. The Mary Rose is a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII and was launched in 1511.
2010 Florence Nightingale 2 Pounds 2010 Two Pound Coin – Florence Nightingale - Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and is thought of as the founder of modern nursing. Her work of managing the nurses in the Crimean War is well noted and she was referred to as "The Lady with the Lamp".
2009 Two Pounds Darwin Reverse 2009 Two Pound Coin – Charles Darwin - Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is universally known for his work on evolution with his book 'On the Origin of the Species' published in 1859.
2005 Two Pounds End of Second World War 2 Pounds 2005 Two Pound Coin – End of WW2 - 2005 Two Pound Coin - End of WW2. 2005 was the 60th anniversary of VE Day - the end of the second World War in 1945 and Victory in Europe.
2004 Two Pounds First Steam Locomotive 2004 Two Pound Coin – Steam Locomotive - 2004 was the 200th Anniversary of that first steam locomotive. Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall and an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport. He built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive in 1804.
2002 Commonwealth Games Ireland 2 Pounds 2002 Commonwealth Games Ireland £2 - In 2002 the XVII Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England. Four £2 coins were produced for the event but the design only varied slightly with a different flag for each of the home countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland coin has the lowest mintage.
2021 1oz Silver Britannia Proof Reverse 2021 Silver Britannia – 1oz Proof - The £2 silver (999 fine silver) Britannia coin. The Reverse, by P J Lynch, shows Britannia facing with a Lion prominent in the foreground. This Proof version has a limited edition of only 2,900.
2021 Silver Britannia Premium BU 2021 Silver Britannia – 1oz Premium Exclusive BU - The 2021 Silver Britannia 1oz Premium Exclusive BU. For the first time, the Premium Exclusive 1oz .999 Silver Britannia has its own design.