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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Gunpowder Plot, Gold Proof
| Issuer | The Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 15.97 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Milled with incuse lettering |
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Issued to mark the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, this piece commemorates the failed November 1605 conspiracy in which Robert Catesby led a group of Catholic dissidents — Guy Fawkes among them — in an attempt to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament. The plot's discovery triggered decades of institutionalized anti-Catholic legislation and gave England one of its most durable annual rituals.
The gold proof was struck in 22-carat gold at a mintage of 2,500 pieces.