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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Year of the Horse, 1 oz Fine Silver
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara with a light drapery at the shoulder. The legend encircling the portrait reads the abbreviated Latin royal titles. The inscription 'IRB' below the truncation identifies the engraver. The overall composition is executed in fine relief against a flat field. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Part of the Royal Mint's Lunar series launched in 2014, this issue follows the Chinese calendar cycle rather than any Commonwealth occasion — an unusual commercial pivot for an institution with over a thousand years of sovereign coinage behind it. The series was aimed squarely at the bullion and collector market competing with the Perth Mint's long-established Australian Lunar program, which had been running since 1996.
The Horse year falls in a twelve-coin cycle that the Royal Mint has now completed twice over.