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".
2003 Two Pounds DNA The 2003 £2 Pound Coin: DNA Double Helix - The 2003 two pounds coin commemorated the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA. Despite it being a modern buzz-word, DNA was actually discovered quite a long time ago.
2005 Gunpowder Plot 2 Pounds 2005 2 Pound Coin: Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night. - In 2005 it was the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot and the Royal Mint commemorated the event with a two pound coin.
The 1999 Two-Pound Coin and the Rugby World Cup The 1999 Two-Pound Coin and the Rugby World Cup - The Rugby World Cup is held every four year and in 1999 it was the turn for Wales to be the hosts. A major event of this magnitude didn't go unnoticed by the Royal Mint - especially as they are just a few miles away. They decided on a variation of the bi-metallic £2 coin which had been recently introduced into circulation.
2015 Silver Two Pound Proof The Royal Navy Box 2015 Silver Two Pound Proof The Royal Navy: Yet Another Product Variant - The 2015 Silver Two Pound Proof The Royal Navy is a silver proof version of the 2015 £2 currently in circulation, and I want to use this to illustrate how the Royal Mint is augmenting its coins by issuing product variants to reach as large as possible coin collector base.