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The British one pound ( £1) coin is a denomination of sterling coinage. Its obverse bears the Latin engraving ELIZABETH II D G REG ( Dei Gratia Regina) F D ( Fidei defensor) meaning, 'Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith '. [1] [2] It has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the original coin's ...
The five pound British gold coin, also known as a quintuple sovereign, has a nominal value of five pounds sterling. It has been struck intermittently since 1820, though as a circulation coin only in 1887, 1893 and 1902. Through most of its history, it has depicted, on its reverse, Benedetto Pistrucci 's portrayal of St George and the Dragon ...
Matthew Dent. Design date. 2008. The British decimal two pence coin (often shortened to 2p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage equalling 100 of a pound. Since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the year British currency was decimalised, its obverse has featured four profiles of Queen Elizabeth II. [1] In 2008 ...
The coin divided into four quarters, with a rose and a thistle occupying two of the quarters and a portcullis in each of the other two quarters. The whole design is overlaid with a linking jigsaw motif and surrounded by the dates 1707 and 2007, and the denomination TWO POUNDS. Designed by: Yvonne Holton. 2007.
Two pounds (British coin) → – No need for disambiguation. While there might be, in theory, articles such as Two pounds (Guernsey coin) , or for other British colonies and possessions that still use and issue pounds, as a practical matter the topic would be covered under Guernsey pound , etc.
Lobel, in describing the 1820 five-pound piece, noted that on a copy of G.F. Crowther's 1887 book, A Guide to English Pattern Coins presented to an unknown person with the publisher's compliments, there is a pencil notation that work on the 1820 piece was completed a few days before George III's death, and after Pistrucci, walking home on the ...
The British florin, or two- shilling piece ( 2/– or 2s. ), was a coin worth of one pound, or 24 pence. It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970. It was the last coin circulating immediately prior to decimalisation to be demonetised, in 1993, having for a quarter of a century circulated alongside the ten ...
