2019 Two Pounds

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Five different 2019 £2 coins were made and sold dated 2019. The standard Britannia reverse coin, the D-Day commemorative, the anniversaries of Wedgwood and Samuel Pepys’ last diary entry and the second Captain Cook coin.

The Standard £2 Coin:

Obverse Type 3 (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Anthony Dufort):

Edge: QUATUOR MARIA VINDICO (I will claim the four seas).

Mintage for Circulation: Not yet known.

The story behind the design:

The new obverse portrait by (Mr) Jody Clark was introduced in March 2015 and replaces the previous Ian Rank-Broadley portrait on all circulating coins. The new Britannia reverse, which replaced the ‘technology’ reverse, was also introduced in 2015.

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 50: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Stephen Taylor):

Edge: THE LONGEST DAY.

Mintage for Circulation: Not yet known, currently available in sets only.

The story behind the design:

To mark 75 years (on the 6th June 2019) since the D-Day landing – a significant strategic turning point to World War II.

https://www.historyonthenet.com/d-day

 

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 51: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3b (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by The Wedgewood Design Team):

Edge: EVERYTHING GIVES TO EXPERIMENT.

Mintage for Circulation: Not yet known, currently available in sets only.

The story behind the design:

Marking the 260th anniversary of Josiah Wedgwood’s ceramics company, which still exists to this day (after a few ownership changes along the way).

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josiah-Wedgwood

 

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 52: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3 (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Gary Breeze):

Edge: THE GOOD GOD PREPARE ME.

Mintage for Circulation: Not yet known, currently available in sets only.

The story behind the design:

To mark the 350th anniversary of the last diary entry of Samuel Pepys and his important account of 17th century England.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pepys_samuel.shtml

 

Commemorative £2 Coin, Type 53: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 3 (bust design by (Mr) Jody Clark):

Reverse Type (design by Gary Breeze):

Edge: OCEANI  INVESTIGATOR  ACERRIMVS.

Mintage for Circulation: None for circulation, available in sets/packs only.

The story behind the design:

Marking the 250th anniversary of the voyage of the Captain James Cook’s ship, the HM Bark Endeavour and its voyage of discovery. This is the second in a series of three coins. The ship has recently been restored:

www.hmbarkendeavour.co.uk/

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