Special edition 2 pound coins

The outer ring is a Nickel-Brass, and the inner circle is Cupronickel. Robert Lowe designed the image to represent an early version of the Penydarren steam locomotive engine. On the outer rim are the words R. The milled edge does not have a typical text inscription like other two pound coins. Instead, it has an incuse railway line motif stamped into the milled edge.

The obverse of the coin features the Fourth Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right that appeared on the two pound coin from to After that, only commemorative two pound coins have been minted with no standard ones released.

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The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley has been used on all UK coinage from to and is the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.

At the time of writing, this portrait is due to be replaced by a new one, to be unveiled in The reverse design shows the ages of man. It contains valuations for all UK decimal coins — and current English bank notes. Available in print and for Kindle. In general, the lower the mintage the rarer the coin, and the rarer the coin the more valuable it is.

That means not many have been produced, which is more appealing to collectors as they're harder to get a hold of. That said, ChangeChecker's scarcity index also takes into account two other key pieces of information. The experts also looked at the number of times a design has been requested as a swap over the previous three months, showing the current level of collector demand.