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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II David Bowie, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BOWIE JC |
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Issued as part of the Royal Mint's Music Legends series, which launched with a Queen tribute coin in 2020. Bowie died in January 2016, just two days after releasing Blackstar, his twenty-fifth studio album — a timing that turned the record into an accidental farewell and cemented his status as one of the few artists whose death genuinely shocked the music industry. The Royal Mint has leaned heavily into celebrity commemoratives since the mid-2010s, and the Music Legends series represents that pivot toward collectible issues aimed at non-traditional buyers rather than numismatic specialists.