The familiar bi-metallic UK £2 coin was introduced in 1998 (the first was actually dated 1997). Seven single metal gold coloured thicker coins were issued before this date. The older coins remain legal tender but are rarely seen in circulation. Initially the first bi-metallic £2 coins were non-commemorative and featured the ages of development reverse. They initially had the edge motto ‘STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS’. Click on the dates below to see the £2 coin(s) issued for that year.
Edge lettering up the wrong way?: I get a lot of enquiries about the wording on the edges of £1 and £2 coins. Note that the edge lettering can be up one way or the other, it’s completely random.
Shown below are all UK £2 coin types and details (click on text below the images for more info):
1986 – 1996 Single metal coins
1994 Trial Bi-metallic coin.
Size: 28.4mm.
Width: 2.5mm.
Metal composition of gold coloured part: 76% copper, 4% nickel, 20% zinc. Referred to as nickel-brass.
Metal composition of silver coloured part: 75% copper, 25% nickel. Referred to as cupro-nickel or copper-nickel.
Weight: 12 grammes.
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A mcloughlin
6th September 2016
If you are luckt enougb to get these coins in your change were would you sell them
CYC-Admin
9th September 2016
Try the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/425496827611624/
Or lots of people sell on ebay, but that can be a rather a wash of badly described coins being sold by chancers for silly money!
Adam Pollard
3rd April 2017
Couldn’t agree more about Ebay. The coins described as rare and very rare are absurd and damn lies in some cases. The conditions are not the standards used by coin collectors which are:
G(Good), VG (Very Good), F (Fine), Very Fine (VF), Extremely Fine (EF), UNC (uncirculated),FDC (Fleur De Coin) – and some books also list poor and fair at the bottom end.
CYC-Admin
3rd April 2017
In the world of decimal collectors it’s pretty much either ‘used’ or ‘BU’. I do worry that not enough emphasis is put on condition and that in years to come people would have paid too much for certain used coins and future collectors may only want the best available examples.
Tina Westcott
17th June 2018
How do you get a valuation if you have one of the coins listed
CYC-Admin
17th June 2018
I recommend the app or the book. There is a very small fee for both, but they’re well worth it.
Nik Yeomans
2nd November 2016
Is there really a 2016 Fire of London with 4th portrait? Logically there shouldn’t be as 5th portrait has already been introduced. this would make 58 coins rather than 59.
CYC-Admin
2nd November 2016
Thanks Nik! I appear to have not been paying attention when creating the table (the dangers of copy and pasting). You’re right, only the 2015 Royal Navy coin and the Magna Carta coin exist with both 4th and 5th portraits.
Geoff Rothwell
9th December 2016
The Royal mint suggests there are four 2015 coins, one of each type that you mention, whereas you are suggesting there are five coins (2x Magna Carta, 4th & 5th portrait) Could you clarify, please?
I am a novice collector so could very well have misunderstood!
CYC-Admin
11th December 2016
There are certainly 2 of each of the Navy and Magna Carta (4th and 5th portraits). The 4th portraits were included in sets only so won’t normally be found in circulation.
Carolyn
24th February 2017
Hi Geoff I have just got a two pound coin in my change and in the middle it has written”in the begining was the world” but then it is written again on the same side same words only back to front is this one you are looking for?
Regards
Carolyn
Steven
15th December 2016
I’ve got a very nice condition 1998 (shame it’s not a 99) standing on the shoulder of Giants. I think I probably took it out of circulation in 1998. Is it worth keeping, (I have no reason to) or should I just spend it.
CYC-Admin
15th December 2016
In perfect condition they are always worth keeping! Even though there will always be loads available in perfect condition – you got it from change instead of being lazy and buying the set.
C Ward
23rd December 2016
Thank you for the excellent information. My daughter found a very shiny single metal 2 pound coin dated 1986 which I assumed must be fake – until I found your website! She’s now thrilled to have a special coin.
N Curtis
2nd January 2017
I have in my collection a Shakespeare Tragedies £2 with the 4th portrait. The portrait side is the same as the Standing on the shoulders of Giants issues and as such it has no value anywhere on it. Also it has no edge inscription. The quality of it indicates it is a proof issue although I got mine in change from an ice cream van at a show in Great Malvern in July. So far, I cannot find anything out about this. Looks like is is an unknown mule. Definately not a fake, quality is way too good.
CYC-Admin
3rd January 2017
I would strongly suspect that it is a fake. Often the quality is worryingly good and they do often have a proof like appearance. Send me pictures: info@checkyourchange.com
Melanie Serag
4th January 2017
I have found a fake £2.00 coin with Britannia on it. I live in the Swansea valley. I receive the coin in my change at a local shop. What shall I do with it ?
Thank you
Melanie Serag
CYC-Admin
5th January 2017
Well technically it’s illegal to spend a known fake, but I suspect someone would probably pay more than £2 for it as an interesting curio. Some people collect fakes.
Kane
5th April 2017
Hi Admin, I have the coin that you display in your Profile PIc, 2016 very new and shiny.
Can you tell me more about whether they’re worth keeping and more about the story behind them?
CYC-Admin
5th April 2017
It’s a 2016 Britannia £2 coin reverse, here: https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/2-pound-coins/2016-two-pounds/
I don’t think the mintage figure has been released for them yet.
Amyyvonnehutchins@outlook.com
5th January 2017
Hi I have 3 all gold £2 are they worth anything
CYC-Admin
5th January 2017
Assuming you mean the pre 1997 chunky type, then usually they are worth a bit more than face value unless in awful condition.
Candyman
9th January 2017
I am always on the look out for different coins and notes in my change and today I received the 2016 Britannia £2.00 coin, which you are using as your Admin icon.
Is this worth more than its face value because I read that there were only 995 minted.
CYC-Admin
9th January 2017
No, there are lots around circulating at the moment. Some pay a little more than face value if they can’t find one and want one.
Anne
11th January 2017
I have a 1707/2017 coin any use in keeping it
CYC-Admin
11th January 2017
The jigsaw Union £2? If you want to keep it, keep it. Don’t expect to retire just yet though.
Shirley Moon
26th April 2017
Hi I have 1807 coin 2007 issued
Elizabeth
13th January 2017
Good Day
My name is Liz
I am a new coin collector and in wanting to add to my already small existing collection. I purchased a Kew Gardens on ebay but I have a funny sensation about this coin and I am wondering if you can help me in identifying wheather it is genuine or fake could i please email a photo to you.
CYC-Admin
13th January 2017
Yes, no problem. info@checkyourchange.co.uk
Ralf Edge
16th January 2017
Hi, The Guy Fawkes £2 edging on my examples either reads “Pemember Pemember the fifth of November” or “Remember Remember the fifth of November”, as I understood it it’s a mistake and it’s only ever the word Remember that’s sometimes Pemember and it doesn’t happen on November… Are you sure there are Novembep examples out there?? Thanks
CYC-Admin
17th January 2017
As it’s only a blocked element of the retaining collar it’s very likely that the end R’s also lose the tail and become a ‘P’. I don’t know what the original source of the info was (it’s likely I saw one years ago), but it is highly likely that they can exist like that.
sharon Willis
16th January 2017
My son has a £2 coin it is the one with the steam engine on, but there is no date on it, nor on the side HRH head and around the edge is nothing, has he got a fake , thank you for your help I have tried looking but just getting totally confused
CYC-Admin
17th January 2017
Normally it should be on the tails side, to the left of the funnel. Not there at all? https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2pounds2004revtrev.jpg
Jo
19th January 2017
Hi! I am new in this and just found a IWW 2014 £2 coin in perfect conditions in my change. Is it worth more than its face value? Thanks!
CYC-Admin
19th January 2017
No.
Sean Brown
24th January 2017
Hi i have a 2016 magna carta £2 coin with DEI GRA REG with what i think is a 4th portrait of the queen with IRB initials, it also has no lettering around outside of the coin, i cannot find a 2016 magna carta coin in circulation therefore is it a fake?
CYC-Admin
25th January 2017
Yes, it’s normal for the Chinese made forgeries to have missing edge lettering and quite coarse milling instead of the finer ridges on real coins.
tammy
27th January 2017
I read the guy falls pemember pemember is worth £16 . Is that true? Also I have some of the top 10 rarest £1 coins. Are they worth keeping or do I sell them before the pound coin is no longer legal in October.
CYC-Admin
27th January 2017
If someone is willing to pay £16 for it then take his/her arm off. Normally they are very common. The various charts and graphs of ‘rarest’ coins are basically just hype. None of them are rare or will ever be rare! See my post on the old £1 coins here https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/the-rounds-pounds-are-going-everybody-panic/
Kim wallis
30th January 2017
My daughter kept 2 £2 coins as she liked the designs..one was the 2014 kitchener and the other one which we have just found out that its one of the 2007 slavery ones with the wording up side down..is this coin worth anything please?
CYC-Admin
31st January 2017
No, afraid not. The writing on the edge can be up one way or the other, it’s completely random.
Jhon
31st January 2017
What is the most expensive 2 pound coin and 50p coins ? I have lots of them
CYC-Admin
31st January 2017
Generally any that have above 1 on the collectability scale and also any that are in perfect condition are worth more than face value. You’ll have to buy the new book in a few weeks!
william Fisher
25th February 2017
i have a 2015 two pound coin dose it make any difference on what side the date is on
CYC-Admin
1st March 2017
It should be on the heads side.
Sonny
15th April 2017
You say it should be on the heads side, but I have two coins 2015 witrh the date on the tail side!
CYC-Admin
15th April 2017
Which coins exactly?
Reilly Rutherford
3rd February 2017
Hey, im incredibly new to coin collecting (started 6 minutes ago) so this probably sounds stupid but if the writing on the side of the coin is facing away from the queen does that mean it’s upside down?
CYC-Admin
5th February 2017
I suspect in your 7th minute you probably found the posts that ask the same question about the writing on the edge and learned that the writing is totally random and can be up one way or the other. 😉
Les Kent
29th April 2017
Hi Reilly
I dont know if you got a reply but this is how it works
The queens head is the front of the coin ( THE OBVERSE )
and the picture is the back of the coin (THE REVERSE ) so
with the queens head face up and the edge inscription is
readable (like a book ) thats the right way up and the other
is up side down.
BUT remember ALL coins with an edge inscription have a
right way up & an upside down, some are harder to find
than others but NONE of them are rare.
all £1, ALL £2, & MOST £5 have an inscription or edge
marks.
I hope this helps
RegaRDS
Les.
CYC-Admin
29th April 2017
Neither way is upside down Les. If you had 1000 of the same coins, statistically half would be up one way and the other half up the other way.
Derek Waters
17th May 2017
With all of the fuss some people make about edge inscriptions, does this then mean if 50% of coins have it one way and 50% the other then the mintages should be halved for all edge inscribed coins and people would then need to collect one of each to have a full set. This would then give the 2015 Royal Navy a figure of 325,000 for each type nudging it a lot closer to the Kew gardens 50p.
CYC-Admin
17th May 2017
It’s never really been a thing in the past, but yes you are right, there are statistically half the mintage one way up and half the mintage the other. Most people don’t bother collecting both ways though and where there is no extra demand there should be no higher prices. In other words it shouldn’t make a difference. For a coin with over 400k made (inc those in sets and packs) the Kew is vastly overvalued, but anything is worth what someone else is prepared to pay and the Kew 50p is certainly hanging in there, remaining expensive!
Les
5th April 2018
Isn’t that just mincing words, because you could also say that none are the right way up, just trying to keep it simple?
CYC-Admin
5th April 2018
Well yes, none are the right way up and none are the wrong way up, they are just however they randomly come. They certainly aren’t supposed to be up a certain way, i.e. readable when the Queen is facing up. It was all just nonsense started by the Sun a while ago. Modern £1 coins (the old type) had edge lettering on them from 1983 onwards and before that lots of other coins also had wording on the edge and no one used to pay any attention to it whatsoever, until the silly Sun article and similar, which implied that some are ‘rare’! Originally edge lettering was a security feature so that people could easily tell if a coin had been manipulated – but it was always completely random in its orientation.
Jane Robbins
7th February 2017
Hi there, I have a 1945-2005 St. Paul’s cathedral £2 coin and the dots around the queens head start then fade away, so not fully going around. Is this worth anything? Many thanks
CYC-Admin
7th February 2017
A lot of £2 coins end up losing the little dots in the join between the two metals.
Helen Bruten
8th February 2017
I have an all gold £2 coin. The queens head looks to be 1st generation (I’m very new to this so apologise if I’m using the wrong terminology) and ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D. The other side has 1694 – 1994, swirly Bank of England text and a small oval picture in the middle. The edging says SIC VOS NON VOBIS. I can’t see it listed here. Is this real? Many thanks.
CYC-Admin
9th February 2017
It’s one of the earlier single metal type coins, 4th one down on this page: https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/single-metal-two-pound-coins-1986-1996/
Marie
9th February 2017
CAN ANYONE HELP ME?
I HAVE A 2006 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
£2 COIN…..
AND ALSO I HAVE A 2009 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. WITH ROBERT BURNS 1759 £2 COIN.
CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THEY ARE WORTH ANYTHING PLEASE
CYC-Admin
9th February 2017
It’s 2016 not 2006 (and there are 3 types) and the 2009 coin is for Robert Burns and nothing to do with Shakespeare. It’s just me manning the website and I could answer the same questions about “what’s this or that worth” all day long, in fact I used to for years but then I realised it wasn’t paying the bills. There is a book or an app to answer all the valuations kinds of questions.
App (currently only for Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlemail.krivzy_apps.Check_Your_Change
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/094896488X?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creativeASIN=094896488X&linkCode=xm2&tag=predecimalcoi-21
Emma
9th February 2017
I have a £2 2005 coin marking the 400th anniversary of the gunpowder plot. On the side, it says: “Pemember Remember the fifth of November”. Would this coin be more valuable? Thanks
CYC-Admin
9th February 2017
Not really, they are quite common with that issue.
Emma
17th February 2017
Do you know of any websites who have any information on the rarity of isle of man, jersey and Gibraltar coins? I have looked myself but cannot find any. Thanks
CYC-Admin
18th February 2017
Info is a bit sparse for those. I’ve certainly come across a couple of people on Facebook groups that seem to be pretty clued up on certain territory coins, e.g. the IOM Christmas and Viking 50p’s and some of the Jersey coins and territory £2 coins in general.
Emma
18th February 2017
Thanks for your help
Phil H
18th February 2017
Thank you very much for publishing this information for free. I’ve recently started collecting and regularly use this site for reference 👍
CYC-Admin
19th February 2017
That’s great, thanks Phil.
pgarsden49@gmail.com
24th February 2017
I have found a £2 coins, ” The Mary Rose “, in my change.
On the Queen’Street head side, there is a date of 2015.
As understand it, that coin wasn’t issued in that year. Am I correct ?
CYC-Admin
25th February 2017
Sounds like a Chinese forgery.
Sasha
27th February 2017
I found a £2 coin in my change, type 35,The Army 2016. Is it worth more than the face value or it it common coin in circulation? Thanks
CYC-Admin
1st March 2017
I’d love to respond personally to valuation requests but I’d be busy doing it all day long if I did! I recommend the book (Amazon link) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collectors-Coins-Decimal-Issues-Kingdom/dp/094896488X/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=predecimalcoi-21&linkCode=w00&linkId=&creativeASIN=094896488X
and the app for Android (search Play for Check Your Change).
Gill
28th February 2017
Hi
I have a Mary Rose 2011, and a Rugby 1999. I’m not a collector or a dealer, just save the coins for the fun and then cash in later. Are these of any use to collectors?
CYC-Admin
28th February 2017
The Mary Rose one is a little more popular at the moment due to media hype and people believing that the mintage figures of mass produced decimal coins are in some way significant. In short, you should be able to get a bit more than £2 for it.
BRIDGET
3rd March 2017
I HAVE A 2POUND COIN 2016 THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
IS THIS WORTH ANYTHING.THANK YOU.
CYC-Admin
3rd March 2017
I’d love to respond personally to valuation requests but I’d be busy doing it all day long if I did! I recommend the book (Amazon link) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collectors-Coins-Decimal-Issues-Kingdom/dp/094896488X/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=predecimalcoi-21&linkCode=w00&linkId=&creativeASIN=094896488X
and the app for Android (search Play for Check Your Change).
Sarah
5th March 2017
I work in a shop and this week had a customer with piles of single metal £2 coins – some were the 1989 bill of rights, others appeared to be Scottish and others from the Ascension Islands. I didn’t examine them all but the ones I looked at seemed much lighter in weight than the current ones. I refused to accept them. Was I correct to think they were fakes?
CYC-Admin
5th March 2017
No, you probably should have taken them. All of the single metal coins tend to find owners over face value and even fake ones are of interest to some people (not that I’ve ever seen any fakes of the older £2 coins but it’s possible I suppose).
Craig walker
11th March 2017
Hi I have a technology with 4th portrait. Which is at a 90′ rotation to the tail side, is this normal
CYC-Admin
12th March 2017
No, it’s not normal, but I’m sure I saw one on Facebook recently. What date is it?
David Royle
12th March 2017
Hi, do you know the montage figures yet for the 2016 £2 coins?
CYC-Admin
13th March 2017
Only what is shown at the moment.
Frank McKay
14th March 2017
Hello I have come across a 2007 £2 coin 1807 Abolish the Slavery with inscription I am Not a Man and a Brother but to read the text you have to switch the coin from Queens head to the reverse side of the coin. My friend said it could be a rare coin but i’m never that lucky to find anything rare. Please could you advise me. Plus a 2001 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants £2 which i have also been told is rare would be grateful for any advice Thank you.
CYC-Admin
14th March 2017
I’m afraid it’s all made up tabloid rubbish with the text on the edge. I have written more on the page for that coin:
https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/2-pound-coins/2007-two-pounds/
There’s also nothing significant about the 2001 standard coin.
rob
6th April 2017
I’ve got a very proof looking/frosted £2 coin. 2016, Fifth head, ages of man reverse, but no inscription on the edge.
Chinese fake?
CYC-Admin
6th April 2017
Yes, no inscription on the edge is a big Chinese fake giveaway (as is the often proof like appearance).
emily
7th April 2017
I am 22 and have been collecting coins for a while. The only £2’s I don’t have are 3/4 of the commonwealths and the new 2017 editions (which I ma very excited for). I have only just come across your website but your information is great. Thankyou!
CYC-Admin
7th April 2017
Thanks very much.
Stuart Perchard
14th April 2017
I have a commemorative bill of rights 1689~1989 £2 coin still in it’s plastic case, can you tell me if it’s worth anything
CYC-Admin
14th April 2017
Yes, but not a massive amount. I believe all of the plastic cases were unofficial. Usually they were put in them by banks etc and not actually sold by the Royal Mint like that.
Yvonne
17th April 2017
Hi
I recently bought a silver proof 2011 King James Bible coin
it came without a C.O.A I have tried to sell it on Ebay but NO interest .I see that C.O.A are available on Ebay for £3.95 Are these fake too ? Would this increase my chance of getting a decent price for it ?
And is it me ? when I try to purchase from Ebay prices are High and when I want to sell no one will pay what it’s really worth . Where is the best place to sell ? Thanx Yvonne
CYC-Admin
17th April 2017
I don’t know Yvonne, without seeing it etc. I think a lot of the bidding on ebay is shill bidding, i.e. people getting their mates or wives to bid things up artificially.
Yvonne
30th May 2017
Thank-you so much for taking the time to reply to me and everyone else too I really appreciate this site . You have stopped me from looking silly and helped me appreciate the true value and history of my £2 collection .
Hopefully I am close to the end of my 61 £2 collection I just hope that one day someone will appreciate that I actually finished something
Sarah
18th April 2017
I have a William Shakespeare £2 with the skull on and I’m not sure if it’s worth keeping or not ?
CYC-Admin
18th April 2017
I can’t decide on whether something you have is worth keeping, or not. If you mean will it be worth a fortune in the future, then no, I don’t really see a huge potential.
Kasia
21st April 2017
Hi,I have very shiny Magna Carta 2015-2016 2 pound coin, which one is not straight, the inside part is popping out. Is this coin worth any money?
CYC-Admin
21st April 2017
Saw your post on the Facebook group, as mentioned there it is indeed a Chinese fake.
Kieran
26th April 2017
Evening, I have to hand a WW1 2015 coin. Either a 4th or 5th I’m not sure how to work out from your images, but it’s the one with the battle ships.
Anyway, on the opposite side it says ‘2 pounds’ instead of ‘two pounds like I’ve seen on other ones online and my other two pound coins…
Have I got a mistake ? Or have I got a fake?
Thanks
CYC-Admin
26th April 2017
It sounds like the 5th portrait one. The wording is different to the other type, in fact that’s the easy way of telling the 4th portrait coin from the 5th.
karen gregory
2nd May 2017
a friend of mine has a 2p coin made in 10p material dated 1986, can’t find any information anywhere about similar coins. I know that 2 unusual 2p’s made in the 10 pence material have been sold but I can’t find any info for coins of this date?
CYC-Admin
2nd May 2017
Coins in the wrong metal are indeed rare but there are a number of checks that would need to be made – the weight and size to start with but ultimately the only way of verifying that is isn’t plated in a silver coloured metal is with something called an XRF tester machine. And even if it is in the wrong metal the prices people pay for them tend to be a bit more down to earth than the media would have you believe. Please email pictures.
Henny
3rd May 2017
I have 3 WW1 £2 coins with the heads on that have dates on the tails side @ 2 £2 coins trinity house that also have dates on the tails side – what is the coin book called that you mention
CYC-Admin
3rd May 2017
Dates on both sides for those are most likely to indicate Chinese made forgeries. The book is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collectors-Coins-Decimal-Issues-Kingdom/dp/094896488X/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=predecimalcoi-21&linkCode=w00&linkId=&creativeASIN=094896488X
Russ
4th May 2017
Hi, if the writing is upside down on a £2 is random does that mean that the upside down ones do not have any greater value? My father has a number of them.
CYC-Admin
4th May 2017
Correct, no extra value.
nathan
5th May 2017
I have an inverted image 2016 £2 coin and wanted to know the value
CYC-Admin
5th May 2017
You mean a die rotation error? Without seeing it I can’t confirm.
Mike
6th May 2017
Hi, I’ve recently been saving unusual coins now for about 6 months (basically coins that I’ve not seen before)
I recently got a 2016 Britannia £2 coin and I was looking at the edge inscription… and to me… were it should say “Quatuor” mine looks more like “Qu41uor” the A looks more like a 4 and the T looks like a number 1. I cant seem to find any pictures of the edge inscription on more of these coins… is that how they all look ?
CYC-Admin
6th May 2017
I had to check one and certainly the slant on it makes the ‘A’ look a bit like a ‘4’. I don’t think it would take much wear (to the thing that imparts the lettering) for it to end up looking like 4’s and 1’s. Rather similar to the issues with other edge lettering, especially the PEMEMBEP instead of REMEMBER etc on the Guy Fawkes £2.
danny
16th May 2017
hi can anyone tell me if the ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL£” coin has minting errors because i have one with the milled beading around the queens head miss alined and off centre
and clearly the beading is stamped on both gold and silver parts on my coin when its only supposed to be stamped on the silver part
cheers
CYC-Admin
16th May 2017
It’s quite common for the beading around the middle part of the coin to end up lost in the join or partially on the brass coloured part. It isn’t right, but it’s more mass production sloppiness rather than an actual error.
David
19th May 2017
Hi I have 6 2015 Royal Navy £2 coins but 2 of them don’t have any outer writing are these fake
CYC-Admin
19th May 2017
Yes, almost certain to be fakes as they are known with no edge writing.
Dave
4th June 2017
Are any technology ones of value ? I have about 2000 and wondered if it was worth sifting through them.
CYC-Admin
4th June 2017
Oddly some people do pay more for fake coins and if you’ve been saving them since they were introduced look out for shiny (as new-like as possible) 1999 coins as they are very sought after in perfect condition.
Sam
4th June 2017
I have quite a selection of £2 coins now. Thanks to CYC website and app I can keep track. I do. Have two coins that don’t seem to be on here.
Both £2 coins. One has a manx cat and the other has a sports car. Do you have any info on these? Thanks and keep up the great work on the site
CYC-Admin
5th June 2017
Both are Isle of Man coins. Currently the site is just UK mainland but I may well add the UK territories in the future.
Charlie G
22nd June 2017
Dear Sir/Madam
I’ve recently inherited a large amount of foreign coins, some are really pretty (but probably worthless) where can I get quality information like your site offers on Foreign Coins?
Kind regards
Charlie
CYC-Admin
22nd June 2017
Numista.com is good for foreign coins, but most will need to be of high quality (or very old) to have any value.
Mark
25th June 2017
I have 30ish g . Navy 2 pounds. With milled edge. No date on 4th portrait side.is this what I thought it was. Thin and heavy?
CYC-Admin
26th June 2017
Sound like Chinese made forgeries to me.
Jake
30th June 2017
I am quite new to coin collecting, but I am trying to acquire all the £2 coins in BU condition, if I got them all(obviously more will be produced until they stopped production). Along with the RM collectors booklet could you give a rough ‘guess-timate’ on the value for them as a complete set?
CYC-Admin
9th July 2017
People that collect prefer to gather things themselves and don’t usually go for a ready-made collection, so for that reason I’d say they are worth the sum of the value of the individual coins. In fact probably a little less as to entice people into buying a lot of coins you really have to offer them slightly cheaply or there is no advantage over amassing them as single coins. Also many people don’t have enough funds to buy lots of coins at once. Completing a ‘set’ of modern coins should be done with the focus on having a complete run of something and that achievement. They are worth whatever the next person is willing to pay for them.
Tania Ziegler
21st July 2017
Hi. I’ve got a Pemember Remember £2 coin, reasonably common BUT also there is no “i” in Fifth. Totally blank space, not worn away because the grooves are complete in the space. Is this a collector’s item?
CYC-Admin
21st July 2017
I wouldn’t have thought so. It’s a curio that someone may pay a bit more than face value for, but it would probably be hard to find someone as the overall quality isn’t that great on modern coins.
Sylvia
29th July 2017
Hi Tania,
I also have a Guy Fawkes £2 coin with the markings the same as yours. When you look carefully you can actually see that there is a small mark where the first R of the remember looks like a p, but there is definitely no sign of an i.
Steve fairchild
17th August 2017
Dear: CYC Admin !
I have a 2011 £2 technological coin , but the yellow copper ring dot on the Queen head it not line up and missing some of the dot, and the back side it not normal . I think is an error but not sure.
Can you please me identify it . Thank You
CYC-Admin
20th August 2017
It’s pretty common for the dots to get lost in the join, it’s basically down to sloppy manufacture.
Suzanne Newbold
19th September 2017
Hi, just been given a 2 pound coin in change. It is all silver, standing on the shoulders of giants 1998, reasonable condition. Never seen one before, only the bi metal ones. Is it a fake, does it have any value apart from £2! Thank You.
CYC-Admin
19th September 2017
It depends on how it ended up like that/exactly what it is. It could be a fake (some of them are made of one piece of metal and the coloured plating can wear off) or it may be a real one that has been messed with. It could also be an error coin. Impossible to say without seeing it.
Yvonne
10th October 2017
Hi I have a collection of £2 coins (61 to be exact)
But my friend who has also completed the £2 challenge brought me 2 x £2 coins .The first I suspected was a fake but it weighed 12g as it should ? The other is Act of union 2007 but the middle on one side looks more gold in colour .How would she get them checked to see if indeed they are fake ?
Cheers Yvonne
Anne
13th October 2017
Hi, I am about to smash my terramundi which hopefully has about 1000 £2 coins in it. Can you advise me the best book I can purchase to help me check if there are any rare coins among them. Many thanks Anne
CYC-Admin
13th October 2017
My book! Or the Android app, which is a little more up to date on prices. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collectors-Coins-Decimal-Issues-Kingdom/dp/094896488X/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=predecimalcoi-21&linkCode=w00&linkId=&creativeASIN=094896488X
Helen
28th October 2017
Hi, I have a 1998 Isle of Man £2 coin with pictures of cars on it. Do you know anything about this one? Wondering if it’s worth anything (of course!). Thanks!
CYC-Admin
30th October 2017
I’ve heard of those and know there is a variety with RARACING on the car but I don’t think it’s a particularly valuable coin. Hopefully one day I’ll also include territory coins on the website.
Dan
9th November 2017
Hi, hoping someone here can help. I have a 2011 standing on the shoulders of giants £2 coin with a bronze centre. I have never seen one of these before and can’t seem to find a huge amount of information on it. Would appreciate any help or advice on possible value, thanks
CYC-Admin
9th November 2017
Please email me pictures: info@checkyourchange.co.uk
Peter Lewis
17th November 2017
Nobody has mentioned the 1998 Tercentenary of the Bill of Rights £2 coin.
There were two coins, one specially minted for the people of Scotland, and the other for the rest of the Uk.
The Scottish coin, celebrated the Scottish Tercentenary of the CLAIM of Rights, whilst the other coin was for the Bill of Rights.
The 2002 Irish Commonwealth Games £2 coin has a slightly higher mintage than the Claim of Rights coin, but its never mentioned by coin collectors.
CYC-Admin
17th November 2017
I tend to find that coins that are no longer in use are more realistically valued because the chance of finding one in your change is low and therefore there is lower interest, less people collecting them and lower levels of hype, resulting in lower prices. I expect we’ll see the same for all the round pounds now that they are no longer in use and people are no longer exposed to them.
Ella
12th December 2017
I ‘save’ £2 coins and have quite a lot including the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games and the Beijing 2008 London handover one.
I had no idea they could be valuable. How do I sell them and are they worth selling?
CYC-Admin
13th December 2017
Some of them do sell for more than face value. Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/425496827611624/
Or, offer them on ebay/shpock etc.
John Williams
2nd January 2018
Hello Mr Perkins.
I have been trying to find out how, where and when the 2018
£2 coins and 50p coin will be issued.
Do you know at this stage how, and when they will be released?
All the information I get via Google is from the stupid red top papers proclaiming they will be worth a fortune.
Regards John.
CYC-Admin
3rd January 2018
Hello John. Just seen this. I responded to your email quicker!
John Lewis
12th January 2018
Hi Mr Perkins
Is the response worth sharing re: 2018 release.
Cheers
Lewy
CYC-Admin
12th January 2018
It wasn’t anything revealing, I just said: No one knows yet for the 2018 dated coins as it will depend on demand for them (and when there is demand, what the RM use to quench it) during 2018.
Max max
18th January 2018
Hi came across 1999 technology 2p bi metalic… Very go0d condition… A friend told me to check this site as it might be worth a few pennies. Is it?
CYC-Admin
18th January 2018
Only in absolutely stonking like-new condition. As used coins they are very common.
john kidd
1st February 2018
Britannia £2 2016. THE CENTAUR IS IN CORRECT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIELD THERE IS A GAP. WAS THIS COMMON .
NOW WAS GIVEN A POUND TO DAY OF MY WIFE.TO BUY A PAPER BUT I FOR GOT TO PICK IT UP. LOOKING HAT THE HEAD AND CROWN ITS A MESS. AND THERE IS A BEARD . THIS IS A BAD CAST
IT LOOK LIKE A EGYPTIAN ?CAN NOT SPELL.
I HAVE ONE WITH JC A MESS .BAD CASTING AGAIN. IS THERE A VALUE .I NO EBAY .AND FACEBOOK IPITUP . I HAVE AROUND ONE 100 POUND COINS .I ASK MY BANK IF THEY STILL TUCK THEM .YES WE DO.BUT HOW LONG FOR WE DOWNT NO. BEST BANK DO YOU THINK. THANK FOR YOUR PAGE,
CYC-Admin
1st February 2018
Not sure about the gap, that isn’t usually seen (not an air gap at least, but sometimes there is what appears to be a small gap between the metals), but it could be from where someone has pushed out the middle and put it back in. The other problems on the £1 you describe with the JC and around the Queen are probably raised blobs caused by the die being used so much that it becomes weak and starts to break. I suspect the banks will accept the old £1 coins for many years, but they just don’t like to make that known as dealing with them takes up precious time and money.
Steve Hewson
16th February 2018
I have a £2 coin with Magna Carta 1215 – 2016 written on it, but has no writing on the edge and appears to be slightly thinner than several other £2 coins I have, is it a fake?….
CYC-Admin
18th February 2018
Yes, with the wrong dates like that is a known Chinese fake type.
Peter W
20th February 2018
It’s been fun collecting from circulation over the last 9/12 and I now have all the standard and 29 commemorative £2 coins. I don’t buy coins, their value (to others) doesn’t bother me and I expect my finds to be bashed about commensurate with their time in circulation. But a more difficult to find coin is really valuable to me! I got an NI (yes it is, with magnifying glass) “spirit of friendship” Manchester 2002 last week: whoopee! Strangely, I can’t find a Hollow Crown 2016 despite the 4.6M mintage. Do you think this is simply a statistical outlier?
CYC-Admin
21st February 2018
There are so many different coins in circulation it’s probably normal to not be able to find certain ones. The Shakespeare £2’s are still fairly new so perhaps not yet evenly distributed.
Anthony Boyce
17th April 2018
I have a 2008 £2 coin that looks different to any I’ve seen.
It has a thicker more raised queens head and generally feels thicker than others I’ve seen.
The whole design is more pronounced and the letters directly under the queens head are a lot thicker and more prominent.
CYC-Admin
3rd May 2018
It could be a fake. I’d need to see pictures.
Dee Calvert
4th May 2018
I’m new to this and I have a 2007 £2 pound coin (abolition of slave trade), unsure whether the edge writing should read- am I not a man and a brother or am I not a man and brother. Should there be an a between man and brother please
CYC-Admin
5th May 2018
In my book there is an ‘A’ before ‘Brother’, but I don’t have one handy to double check.
Ross
5th May 2018
Hi, i have a 2007 abolition of slavery £2 coin with the supposed upside down writing on it which by your above comments means nothing. However it does not have the small DG that should be next to the 7 on the reverse side. Is there any collectable value to this coin?.
Thank You
CYC-Admin
8th May 2018
There are 2 different types, one with the DG and another without. The latter was the normal circulation version and the one with the DG was of slightly better quality and was only sold in packages.
Chel
17th May 2018
On eBay someone is selling an Isle of Man £2 coin for £1200 !!
Is this real please?!
CYC-Admin
18th May 2018
There are some currently expensive IOM coins, I must admit I don’t really follow them. It’s real in that anyone can price a coin however they like, but it’s only worth what it actually sells for.
Lynne
19th May 2018
My daughter has been saving 2 pound coins for 7 years now and there are a few different ones can anyone tell me how I could find out if they are worth anything PLEASE
CYC-Admin
20th May 2018
Check out the book or app.
Jen
20th May 2018
Hi, thanks for all the info, very interesting read. I’m starting to think most of the £2 I have in my purse are actually fake (5/7 varying ages). The inner circle of dots around the queens head, I assume they should they be printed on the silver part of the coin only, many of mine span both gold and the silver edge. It’s very disappointing. One of them is a Robert Burns coin (my reason for visiting your site today as i’d never seen one before), the gold band is slightly wider at the top than at the bottom. So my dilemma, do I still spend them …………
CYC-Admin
20th May 2018
There are fake £2 coins in circulation but those beads around the middle silver part are a not a good indicator – most real ones are not properly central and can be on the gold coloured part or even lost in the join between the 2 metals. Circulation coins are made very quickly and I’m afraid standards have gone down in recent years.
Ade
12th June 2018
Hi
Would like some advice about a 2 pound coin I have. The coin is pressed incorrestly the centre silver peice is raised onone side and depressed on the other. Also the queens head lines up with the words Reg Fid not the words Dei Gra is the a rare mistake in the minting process.
CYC-Admin
12th June 2018
I think you called earlier and it sounds like someone has popped the middle out and put it back wonky. Pics will confirm.
David
16th June 2018
Hi,
I have 2 coins of £2 dna double helix, and I’ve just realised, on one of them, the pic side looks “moved”. If you look at it from left to right, at the righ end it finish with two letters on the golden side “T A”. But this one the T is very close to the silver circle and the A is half vanished in between the silver and gold. Plus on the edge, the script is moved too. Do you think is an error?
CYC-Admin
17th June 2018
Some of them are slightly off centre like that, it’s not really a big deal unless it’s more severe. Also, design elements often get lost in the join of the 2 metals.
Nik Yeomans
1st July 2018
I am gutted. I gave up collecting the £5 royalty tokens only to find that the rip-off Royal Mint has now decided to ruin my pleasure of collecting £2 coins by turning them into instant collector items as well…. and only £10 a throw. Ptsssch….
Another customer lost.
Thanks for the information.
CYC-Admin
1st July 2018
They certainly have started doing rather a lot of different coins haven’t they! And due to the new £1 there seems to be less demand in general for the £2 coin in normal use.
Nik Yeomans
1st July 2018
To be honest I think they are doing the forgers a wonderful service as it is impossible to get familiar with the coinage as there are so many varieties. I remember being in retail years ago and how we used to gasp when we saw a Scottish note or a Jersey coin had somehow crept into the till. Happy days. I know they are a business and need to make a profit but the standard everyday coinage should remain as simple as possible and not devalued with that stupid broken shield idea and badly designed desperate anniversaries. Frankenstein indeed.
Regards.
CYC-Admin
1st July 2018
Yes, I’ve often thought the same. There are so many different ones and you’re right, the public probably haven’t seen many of them so the odd Chinese fake with the wrong date, missing text, stuff in the wrong place and no edge lettering – how is the man on the street supposed to know the difference! Very good point. As long as people buy anything and everything they sell, they’ll keep making more and more.
Rodney
3rd July 2018
I am trying to get two of each pound coin with the lettering each way up. I am finding that there seem to be more with the lettering right way up with the queen’s head upper than the with the picture upper. It is meant to be random, but I wonder if there is something in the production process that makes it more likely that the writing will be right way up with the queen’s head upper. It would be interesting to count 1,000 coins and see what the ratio is. But I keep getting some coins and every single one is writing right way up with the queen’s head upper – 2012 Rio handover, 2015 Magna Carta 4th portrait. Cant’ get either of those with the writing the right way up with the picture upper.
CYC-Admin
4th July 2018
I can’t think of any explanation to support one way being more likely, but yes, checking a much larger sample would be interesting.
Martyn Pattrick
6th August 2018
Would there be a weight difference between a genuine £2 coin and a fake.
CYC-Admin
6th August 2018
Yes, there is for some fake types, others can be very close to the genuine weight.
Colin
20th August 2018
I have a Charles Dickens £2 coin. Is this worth more?
CYC-Admin
20th August 2018
No, not really.
silver
5th September 2018
hello there;where is 2018 2 pound coin ”lightning”-raf 1918-2018?cheers
CYC-Admin
5th September 2018
No available yet. I believe it will be released mid this month. And I don’t steal images from people so I have to wait until I have one before I can photograph and show.
Rodney
16th September 2018
I have got about a dozen coins dated 2018. ALL of them have the writing right way with Queens Head upper. NONE the other way. If it is random, the probability of that happening is about 0.00025
CYC-Admin
17th September 2018
As far as I know there are no 2018 £2 coins in circulation yet. Are they coins from BU sets/packs?
Leia
30th September 2018
I have a 2012 charles dickens 2 pound. With “something will turn up” on the side. Is it worth anything?? Tia
CYC-Admin
30th September 2018
No, not really. Often the I in WILL can look like an L, but it’s a very minor and very common slight mishap.
Astrid
10th October 2018
I have found in my purse tonight a £2 coin 2002 Commonwealth Wales Flag on it. Would this be worth more than its face value? So many silly money amounts for coins so hoping for some good advice. Thank you
CYC-Admin
10th October 2018
Yes, it’s worth a few times face value.
Jo
15th October 2018
I have a Charles Dickens one too, that is missing the dots underneath the Queen’s head, which is being sold on eBay for a lot – is this a printing error, or is the seller misinformed please?
CYC-Admin
15th October 2018
Missing dots are very common on all types of £2 coins (where dots are present). It’s just a minor thing, no two coins are the same and their quality is often lacking. The main cause of the mis-information is that people can ask any price they like for anything on eBay and sometimes these utopian prices get picked up by tabloids who report it and make it sound like whatever the subject is, is actually worth whatever the eBay asking price is. They neglect to mention important stuff, like the fact that no actual genuine sales have occurred and that the ‘problem’ on the coin is probably more common than finding one without it! And to add even more confusion, sometimes dubious people allegedly use eBay for money laundering and there have been occasions where coins that are worth face value have appeared to actually sell for big money. It’s all nonsense, spend your £2 as £2.
Linda
17th November 2018
Hello, I would appreciate your advice please. I have a £2 pound coin with 1999 date on it. I cant see it on your list. It has standing on the shoulders of giants on the edge. Is it worth holding on to it or is it a fake.
CYC-Admin
14th January 2019
It’s almost certainly a real one. Worth holding on to, for what reason? It is on the 1999 £2 page here https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/2-pound-coins/1999-two-pounds/
Nik Yeomans
5th January 2019
Happy New Year Mr P. Good news from the Royal Mint is that the spurious anniversaries will continue unabated… Huzzah!
A £5 coin celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, a £2 coin marks the 260th anniversary of the foundation of Wedgwood, and a £2 coin pays tribute to the bravery of Allied forces and the 75th anniversary of D-Day. A £2 coin marks 350 years since the final entry of Samuel Pepys’ famed diary and a 50p coin helps observe the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author who brought us Sherlock Holmes™. The obverse of each coin in the set features Royal Mint coin designer Jody Clark’s coinage portrait of Her Majesty The Queen.
Above paragraph filched from RM website. 260th and 160th anniversaries indeed. I agree Wedgwood and Conan-Doyle are well worthy of tribute, but could they at least wait for a proper anniversary?
Si
14th January 2019
Hi. I have a Dickens coin £2 with up side down side imprint and dots missing is it worth alot
CYC-Admin
14th January 2019
No.
Nik Yeomans
4th February 2019
You have given both the 2018 Lightning and 2019 D-Day coins the same coding (£2-No.49). Hard to keep up isn’t it 🙂
CYC-Admin
4th February 2019
Thanks, I’ve fixed that.
Christine Finnigan
12th February 2019
Hi £2 coin United Nations of peace. One color is this just a basic two pound coin had it about fourteen yrs.
CYC-Admin
12th February 2019
Yes it is. The old style £2 didn’t really catch on, probably because they were a bit too chunky https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/single-metal-two-pound-coins-1986-1996/
NISu
17th February 2019
Hi, there is 2018 RAF F35 as well
(So there are 5 RAF coin, 1 symbol, 4 aircraft)
CYC-Admin
26th February 2019
Thanks, there was on the 2018 page but not on the summary page. I’ve changed that now.
Adam
21st February 2019
HIYA,
love your website. well done you!
I did however notice there is no picture for the RAF Centenary Lightning II £2 coin. am I missing something or is it coming soon?
thanks
CYC-Admin
26th February 2019
It was missing on the summary page. Added now. Thanks.
Steven Lawton
24th March 2019
Is it possible to confirm which coins from the full list have not been circulated?
CYC-Admin
2nd April 2019
The easiest way to do that may be from the app… you can turn off the sets/packs only coins and see the circulation coins for each denomination.
Gillian M
24th May 2019
Hi. I have an Abolition of Slavery £2 coin which the side printing upside down and at an angle so some of the lettering is not complete. Is this worth anything?
CYC-Admin
24th May 2019
The wording can be up either way, as mentioned at the top of this page (Edge lettering up the wrong way? heading) and if some of the upright parts of letters are lost in the edge milling or missing, that’s never usually a big deal either. I can’t be sure of exactly what you mean though, without seeing pictures.
Stephen T-J
6th June 2019
Hi, Your narrative above the pictures states there are 73 coins, but you show pictures of 74 ?
Also is that now 75 with the new Captain Cook.
p.s. I am a fan of the collective information supplied which is excellent, keep up the good work.
CYC-Admin
16th June 2019
Thanks, I’ll check that and will add the next Cook coin asap.
M. McInnes
7th August 2019
As there hasn’t been any commemorative coins released into general circulation since 2017 are we now seeing a change of policy by the mint, with all commemorative coins now having to be purchased rather than found in our change.
CYC-Admin
14th August 2019
A lot of it probably comes down to demand for the denominations, but of course I’m sure the Royal Mint don’t mind when they end up not being circulated and people that want them have to buy them. I think there are also far too many different types of £2 and 50p coins, and with all the different types it’s hardly surprising that some or none of them are needed in use as they seem to be focussing on making coins to sell, with the actual job of providing change as an afterthought. And the new £1 coin and the very large numbers of those also had an impact on the other (particularly £2) coins needed.
Kirsty Ross
5th October 2019
Hi there I have a lot of £2 coins and 50 p pieces I was collecting them but unfortunately I now need to sell them I live in portsmouth uk any ideas where I can
Kirsty
CYC-Admin
22nd October 2019
The CYC Facebook group perhaps.
Pash
13th November 2019
Hi Admin, I have 2 £2 Brittania coins, however, one is slightly discoloured/ bronzer tint on it. Would this be a fake or a colour error in making it? Thanks
CYC-Admin
13th November 2019
It could be either. It’s not uncommon for them to sometimes have a slightly different hue.
Garry Paxton
5th July 2020
Hi, I have two £2 coins which are much thicker than normal, and depict a thistle, with the text “1986”. The text along the edge says Scottish Commonwealth Games.
There are some silly prices on eBay (£1000), and making all sorts of claims (ie, solid gold). They are indeed heavier and thicker, and don’t have the silverish middle section – all one colour. Any advice, please?
CYC-Admin
5th July 2020
Yes, that’s normal, pre 1997 £2 coins were a bit of a flop with the public and were chunkier and completely of a brass alloy. Value for most is a little more than face value. They are in the app (and book of course).
Glen Dorward
28th February 2021
The 2007 Act For The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, that went into BU packs should be added surely, making 84, as it is different because it is a smooth finish reverse with the designer’s initials on it?
CYC-Admin
28th February 2021
Yes, I did include that one, but must have lost another along the way somewhere. Will change it to 84.
colin edgar
7th March 2021
Did they make a £2 coin with a yellow centre and silver outer?
CYC-Admin
9th March 2021
No, none of the real ones, but who knows regarding fakes.
vincent r marsh
17th January 2022
Hi, I have been collecting £2 coins since they first came out but after 2016 have been struggling to get any since from Jane Austen to the latest Dame Vera Lynn Are they not in circulation to the public as I can only find coins on ebay
CYC-Admin
17th January 2022
That’s right, there haven’t been any new ones put in circulation since then. Mainly because the huge amounts of new £1 coins produced have been enough to satisfy higher denomination coin demand. Perhaps the RM also make more profit by not actually circulating them at all so that people have to buy them if they want them.
Paul Addison
19th November 2022
Why are there so many NIFC coins issued, then so few circulation ones. Is it the Royal Mint doing it purelty to make money? Also they dont seen to want to honour the earlier Crowns,eg Churchill which I remember spending in many shops with no problem at the time. Yet on the Royal mint site they are selling them at Very high prices????
CYC-Admin
19th November 2022
Some may very well come to that conclusion. People will buy them no matter what (often to flip on eBay) so they make as many different ones as they possibly can because they know they will sell! Actually making coins for circulation seems to come second. And it is indeed very cheeky the prices of older coins that are readily available for pennies elsewhere… not sure if anyone actually buys them though.