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| Emittent | Royal Mint |
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| Jahr | 2018 |
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| Währung | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in high relief after the fifth definitive portrait by Jody Clark. The Queen is depicted wearing the George IV State Diadem, with the truncation of the bust visible at the lower field. The regal legend encircles the effigy, with the denomination stated at the base. The initials J.C., denoting the engraver, appear at the truncation. |
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| Auflage | 2018 - Proof - 3,198 |
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Issued to mark the bicentenary of Mary Shelley's novel, first published anonymously in 1818 when Shelley was just twenty years old. The Royal Mint has produced commemorative two-pound pieces in silver proof format for literary anniversaries since the late 1990s, though the Frankenstein issue attracted unusual crossover interest from horror collectors well outside the normal numismatic market.
Shelley completed the novel at nineteen, partly inspired by a ghost-story competition at the Villa Diodati during the famously sunless summer of 1816 — a season of volcanic winter caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora the previous year.