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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Marconi Telegraph, Silver Proof
Issuer | United Kingdom |
Year | 2001 |
Type | Non-circulating
coins |
Value | 2 Pounds |
Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
Composition | Silver (.925) |
Weight | 12 g |
Dimensions | 28.4 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Engraver(s) | Obverse: Ian Rank-Broadley Reverse: Robert Evans |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | KM#1014a, Sp#K11 |
Obverse description | Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around. |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRA·REG·FID·DEF ·
IRB (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) |
Reverse description | Symbolic representation of Marconi`s successful transatlantic wireless transmission of 1901. |
Reverse script | Latin |
Reverse lettering | 20/01
r.e.
TWO POUNDS |
Edge | Milled with incuse lettering |
Mint | |
Mintage | 2001 - Proof - 11 488
|
Catalog ID | 6703258120 |
Comments | |