Description: On offer here is a £2 coin. issued in 2012, depicting Charles Dickens, as shown. Three different £2 coins were issued in 2012. Two commemorative coins; one to mark the Olympic handover ceremony from London 2012 to Rio in 2016 and another to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. The standard coin with the ages of man reverse was also issued.Edge: SOMETHING WILL TURN UP.Mintage for Circulation: 8,190,000.The story behind the design: The obverse has the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley. The reverse omits both the denomination ‘TWO POUNDS’ and the date, so these has been incorporated into the obverse and are shown at the bottom. The reverse is by Matthew Dent and shows the profile of Charles Dickens, made up of the titles of his works. Charles John Huffam Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. In his epic novels he created fictional characters that are known the world over and remain hugely popular to this day:
Price: 2.99 GBP
Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
End Time: 2025-01-28T15:09:46.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18.03 GBP
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Denomination: Two Pounds
Year of Issue: 1999 -2021
Time Period: c.1971-Now
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Modified Item: No
Country of Origin: Great Britain
