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- William Shakespeare £2 coin for genuine buyer's/collector's both identical and sequentially matched from mint.£700 for both That's £350 per coin and these are selling from £500-£1000 per coin £700 5 days ago 1.
- Really Rare 2 Pound William Shakespeare Coin. Dispatched with Royal Mail Signed For® 1st Class Letter.
Marking the 400th Anniversary of the Death of William Shakespeare. In 2016 The Royal Mint released a series of three £2 coins marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Experienced coinage artist John Bergdahl has created three designs, capturing the essence of his moving tragedies, his brilliant histories, and the genius of his. Marking the 400th Anniversary of the Death of William Shakespeare. In 2016 The Royal Mint released a series of three £2 coins marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Experienced coinage artist John Bergdahl has created three designs, capturing the essence of his moving tragedies, his brilliant histories, and the genius of his.
Three different £2 coins were issued in 2006. Two commemorative coins, both to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (one for the man and the other to represent his achievements). And the standard coin with the ages of man reverse.
Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 15: (info on coin type numbers here)
Obverse Type (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Reverse Type (design by Rod Kelly):
Edge: 1806-59 ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL ENGINEER.
Mintage for Circulation: 7,928,250.
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)
The story behind the design:
The obverse has the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley. The reverse is by Rod Kelly and shows Isambard Kingdom Brunel in an industrial setting, with a wheel and machinery behind him and an outer ring of chains. Engineer, bridge, railway and ship building pioneer Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed Britain and significantly shaped modern shipping, rail travel and bridge building. He was born on the 9th April 1806 in Portsmouth:
Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 16: (info on coin type numbers here)
Obverse Type (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Reverse Type (design by Robert Evans):
Edge: SO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.
Mintage for Circulation: 7,452,250.
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)
There are known fakes of this coin, first seen in October 2016. The reverse of the fake coin is of very good quality. Fortunately the obverse is of lesser quality, the detail to the Queen is inaccurate and some of the dots around the rim are poorly defined/missing. This fake obverse is also shared with the 2007 Anniversary of the Union fake.
The story behind the design:
The obverse has the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley. The reverse is by Robert Evans and represents the engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel:
The Standard Coin for 2006:
Obverse Type (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Reverse Type (design by Bruce Rushin):
Edge: STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS.
Mintage for Circulation: 16,715,000.
Reverse Type (design by Robert Evans):
Edge: SO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.
Mintage for Circulation: 7,452,250.
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)
There are known fakes of this coin, first seen in October 2016. The reverse of the fake coin is of very good quality. Fortunately the obverse is of lesser quality, the detail to the Queen is inaccurate and some of the dots around the rim are poorly defined/missing. This fake obverse is also shared with the 2007 Anniversary of the Union fake.
The story behind the design:
The obverse has the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley. The reverse is by Robert Evans and represents the engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel:
The Standard Coin for 2006:
Obverse Type (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Reverse Type (design by Bruce Rushin):
Edge: STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS.
Mintage for Circulation: 16,715,000.
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here).
The story behind the design:
The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley has been used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2015 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 2015.
The reverse design shows the ages of man. Represented are the Iron Age, the Industrial Revolution, the Electronic Age and the Internet Age. The edge quote ‘STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS' is from a letter by Sir Isaac Newton from 1676 in which he wrote: ‘If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants', which may have been a modest nod to other scientists, but some say that it may have been poking fun at the stature of the recipient of the letter, Robert Hooke. The expression ‘Standing on the shoulders of giants' pre-dates Newton by many centuries:
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23 August 2020, 17:41 | Updated: 23 August 2020, 17:44
The rare coin has been popping up all over online auction sites.
A rare Shakespeare coin is being flogged by a number of coin collectors on eBay, cashing them up to £230 on the site.
There are three different £2 coins called Tragedies, Comedies and Histories, and were issued back in 2016 by the Royal Mint.
They were released to honour 400 years since the famous British playwright passed away.
The coin with the supposed error on it is the Tragedies £2, which features a skull and rose motif in a nod to William Shakespeare's works on tragic love affairs.
The real coin should have 'WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN' inscribed on the side of the coin, which is a line from Hamlet, but coin collectors have noticed some seem to have the wrong inscription.
Rare 2 Pound Coins Values
However, the wrong coin reads 'FOR KING AND COUNTRY', which is the phrase that's supposed to be on the Royal Mint's First World War £2 issued in 2016 to commemorate the role of the army in WWI.
The Sun revealed this particular issue with the coin after speaking to coin expert Colin Bellamy from the Coin Hunter website.
It looks like it wasn't a widely known error coin, as The Royal Mint commented: 'We are investigating the alleged error.'
British 2 Pound Coin Value
In total, 4,615,000 of the Tragedies coins have gone into circulation so there's a strong chance you may may find one in your spare change.
The most an error version of the Tragedies £2 has gone for so recently on eBay is £230, plus £1.83 postage, after receiving 30 bids on August 13.
Rare One Pound Coins
Earlier this week, one of the same coins sold for £98.28 after a fierce 12-bid war, and another went for £51 the day after, with 14 bids on it.
One Pound Coin Worth
It seems to be a new discovery that this is a rare error coin so it's hard to estimate exactly how much it's worth.
