Times Have Changed. £1000 £2 coin hunt 52 book 1

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Welcome back to the channel for another coin hunt!
Today it's the 1st December 2023 and we're hunting through £1000 of £2 coins. So what are we looking for?
Commemoratives
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We'd particularly like to find commemorative designs which we haven't seen in our previous hunts so we can put them in the book. The outstanding designs are:
2002 - Commonwealth Games England
We're interested in commemoratives which we've found before but are above face value (*), and if we find any they'll be kept in the wider collection. The full list of circulating commemoratives is:
1999 - Rugby World Cup
2001 - Marconi
2002 - Commonwealth Games England *
2002 - Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland *
2002 - Commonwealth Games Scotland *
2002 - Commonwealth Games Wales *
2003 - DNA
2004 - Trevithick
2005 - End Of WWII
2005 - Gunpowder Plot
2006 - Brunel - portrait
2006 - Brunel - achievements
2007 - Act of Union
2007 - Abolition of the Slave Trade
2008 - 1908 Olympic Games *
2008 - Olympic Games Handover - Beijing *
2009 - Charles Darwin *
2009 - Robert Burns *
2010 - Florence Nightingale
2011 - King James Bible *
2011 - Mary Rose *
2012 - Olympic Games Handover - Rio *
2012 - Charles Dickens
2013 - London Underground - The Train *
2013 - London Underground - The Roundel *
2013 - Guinea *
2014 - WWI Outbreak
2014 - Trinity House *
2015 - Magna Carta *
2015 - WWI Navy *
2016 - WWI Army
2016 - Great Fire of London *
2016 - Shakespeare - Histories
2016 - Shakespeare - Tragedies
2016 - Shakespeare - Comedies
Sadly no new £2 commemorative designs have been circulated since 2016.
Very occasionally, we might even be lucky enough to find an NIFC ("Not Intended For Circulation"). A full list of designs and circulating mintage figures can be found using the links in the bottom section.
Definitives
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We're generally interested in definitive designs which are either of low mintage or shouldn't be in our change. Technology is the definitive design from 1997 to 2015. Britannia was the definitive design from 2015 to 2022. In 2023, a new national flowers design replaced Britannia.
For Technology, very good condition 1999's are worth more than face value because this design wasn't included in the annual sets.
For Britannia, 2015 and 2016 are low minted years, while 2017-20 are NIFC years. 2021 is a higher minted year but so far we haven't found any in our change. At some point we expect to start seeing 2022 Britannias as well.
We have not yet heard when any National Flowers £2's will be entering circulation.
What Else?
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Errors, territory coins, and any oddities we spot through the hunt!
Some Useful £2 Links -
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Royal Mint Circulating £2 Mintage Figures:
www.royalmint....
Royal Mint £2 Design And Specifications:
www.royalmint....

Пікірлер: 12

@paulp4678 10 ай бұрын

Two great finds.

@ConiferElements 10 ай бұрын

Great finds in these £2 coins. The highlight for me was the Olympics centenary. Cheers.

@gwennahedden8485 10 ай бұрын

Nice hunt 😊

@TenBob 10 ай бұрын

A great find in th DDO and a centenary 👍😎🍀💜

@paulineharrop1790 10 ай бұрын

Great hunt loved the labelled bags . Hope they did well at their event?

@ShakysCoins 10 ай бұрын

It looked like they had a great time! I was a bit thrown (pun intended) by the axe throwing though!

@paulineharrop5550 10 ай бұрын

Yes that one didn't seem to blend in did it !!!!!

@mackemmoolah 10 ай бұрын

Thought you were a bit slow on the uptake for not saying "Axe For The Abolition Of The Slave Trade", or "Axe Of Union"(even though you didn't find one of those)! 😂😂. My eldest daughter has tried axe throwing, and is quite good at it, so I try to keep on her good side 😁. Nice OC near the end to save the hunt, and a lovely 2010 DDO👍