2018 Two Pounds

<- Click Here to go back to the main £2 Coins in Circulation page

Nine different 2018 £2 coins were issued in 2018. The standard Britannia reverse coin, the Frankenstein commemorative, the Anniversary of the RAF (badge), the WWI Armistice coin, four further RAF Anniversary coins and one of three coins due to mark Captain James Cook’s voyage.

The Standard £2 Coin:

Obverse Type 3 (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Anthony Dufort):

Edge: QUATUOR MARIA VINDICO (I will claim the four seas).

Mintage for Circulation: Not yet known.

The story behind the design:

The new obverse portrait by (Mr) Jody Clark was introduced in March 2015 and replaces the previous Ian Rank-Broadley portrait on all circulating coins.

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 42: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Thomas T. Docherty):

Edge: A SPARK OF BEING.

Mintage for Circulation: None, a total of 34,759 were sold in BU form.

The story behind the design:

To mark 200 years since the publication of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’, one of the best known horror novels ever written.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 43: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Rhys Morgan):

Edge: PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.

Mintage for Circulation: None, a total of 77,350 were sold in BU form.

The story behind the design:

Marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Air Force, featuring the RAF badge (coin 1 of the series).

https://www.raf.mod.uk/

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 44: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3 (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Stephen Raw):

Edge: WILFRED OWEN KILLED IN ACTION 4 NOV 1918.

Mintage for Circulation: None, a total of 48,736 were sold in BU form.

The story behind the design:

The fifth and final £2 to mark the events of WWI. This coin marks the armistice of 1918. The edge refers to Wilfred Owen, who was probably the best known poet of WWI. He was killed in action one week before the armistice.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wilfred-owen

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 45: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by R and N Talbot):

Edge: PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.

Mintage for Circulation: None, a total of 73,052 were sold in BU form.

The story behind the design:

Marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Air Force, featuring Spitfire aircraft in flight (coin 2 of the series).

https://www.raf.mod.uk/

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 46: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by R and N Talbot):

Edge: PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.

Mintage for Circulation: None, a total of 60,538 were sold in BU form.

The story behind the design:

Marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Air Force, featuring a Vulcan aircraft in flight (coin 3 of the series).

https://www.raf.mod.uk/

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 47: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Gary Breeze):

Edge: OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS.

Mintage for Circulation: None, a total of 48,909 were sold in BU form.

The story behind the design:

Marking the 250th anniversary of the voyage of the Captain James Cook’s ship, the HM Bark Endeavour and its voyage of discovery. This is the first in a series of three coins. The ship has recently been restored:

www.hmbarkendeavour.co.uk/

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 48: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by R and N Talbot):