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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 5th portrait, Royal Air Force Badge
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Jody Clark Reverse: Rhys Morgan |
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| Obverse description | The fifth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Jody Clark, occupies the copper-nickel centre, depicting a right-facing crowned and draped bust of the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem and a drop earring. The engraver's initials J.C. appear in the lower field beneath the truncation. The surrounding nickel-brass ring carries the legend ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS, reading clockwise from the upper right, separated by raised dots. |
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| Reverse description | The copper-nickel centre features the official badge of the Royal Air Force in high relief: a spread-winged eagle displayed, facing downward, superimposed upon a circular roundel inscribed PER ARDVA · AD ASTRA, the whole surmounted by the Tudor Crown. Below the eagle, a sprig of laurel is visible at the base of the roundel. The Royal Mint mark RM appears at lower left of the outer ring. The nickel-brass ring bears the commemorative legend THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE reading clockwise around the upper arc, with the dates 1918 – 2018 at the base. |
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| Mintage | 2018 - BU - 96,250 2018 - Proof - 11,509 |
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