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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 25th Anniversary £2, Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 24 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design composed of four concentric circles, each symbolising a pivotal era in British history: the Iron Age, the Industrial Revolution, the silicon chip age, and the internet era, replicating the iconic reverse design first introduced on the circulating Two Pounds coin in 1997. A latent image of the numeral '25' appears at the centre, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the design. The legend 'TWO POUNDS' is inscribed above, with the original issue date '1997' and the country abbreviation 'BR' appearing below. |
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The piedfort format — double the thickness of a standard circulation strike — has been used by the Royal Mint since the early 1980s as a premium collector vehicle, revived deliberately to mirror a medieval English tradition of striking thick presentation pieces for assay and gift purposes. This 2022 issue marks the 70th anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession, not her coronation — a distinction the Royal Mint has been careful to maintain across its jubilee output. She died in September of that year, making this among the final commemoratives struck in her name during her lifetime.