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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Charles Darwin, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 2 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicting a right-facing diademed and draped bust rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The portrait, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, is contained within the inner silver ring of the bimetallic-style flan, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The outer ring bears the Latin legend ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRA·REG·FID·DEF in raised letters, separated by raised dots, running around the full circumference, with a fine beaded border separating the inner and outer zones. |
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| 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 | The reverse, designed by Suzie Zamit, commemorates the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. The silver inner field presents two facing busts in high relief: to the left, the bearded profile of Charles Darwin facing right, and to the right, the face of a great ape facing left, the juxtaposition evoking Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Continuing onto the gold-coloured outer ring, additional relief detail suggests a primate figure at the left and the outline of a map at the right. The legend 1809·DARWIN·2009 arcs along the upper outer ring, while TWO POUNDS is inscribed along the lower outer ring in larger lettering. |
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