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  2. Two pence (British decimal coin) - Wikipedia

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    The British decimal two pence coin (often shortened to 2p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage equalling 2 ⁄ 100 of a pound.Since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the year British currency was decimalised, its obverse has featured four profiles of Queen Elizabeth II. [1]

  3. Twopence (British pre-decimal coin) - Wikipedia

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    The British twopence (2d) (/ ˈ t ʌ p ə n s / or / ˈ t uː p ə n s /) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage worth two pennies or ⁠ 1 / 120 ⁠ of a pound. It was a short-lived denomination in copper, being minted only in 1797 by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint. These coins were made legal tender for amounts of up to one shilling by a ...

  4. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    In 1983, the Royal Mint mistakenly produced some two pence pieces with the old wording "New Pence" on the reverse (tails) side, when the design had been changed from 1982 to "Two Pence". In 2016, a batch of double-dated £1 coins was released into circulation.

  5. Two pound coin - Wikipedia

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    The British two pound coin (£2) is a denomination of sterling coinage. Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin’s release. Three different portraits of the Queen have been used, with the current design by Jody Clark being introduced in 2015. The reverse design features Britannia.

  6. Penny (British decimal coin) - Wikipedia

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    The British decimal one penny (1p) coin is a unit of currency and denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 100 of one pound.Its obverse featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the day British currency was decimalised, until her death on 8 September 2022.

  7. Two pence (Irish coin) - Wikipedia

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    The steel-based coins are magnetic. After reducing the size of the five and ten pence coins introduced in the early 1990s, the two pence coin was the fourth largest Irish coin, with only the twenty and fifty pence and the pound coin coins being larger in the series. The two-pence coin was withdrawn when euro coins were introduced on 1 January 2002.

  8. Category:Two-cent coins - Wikipedia

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    Two pence (British decimal coin) Two pence (Irish coin) Two-cent piece (United States) Media in category "Two-cent coins" The following 16 files are in this category ...

  9. £sd - Wikipedia

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    6d (six pence) known as a "tanner" or half a shilling. 2/– (two shillings, or one florin, colloquially "two-bob bit" or just "two bob") 2/6 (two shillings and six pence, usually said as "two and six" or a "half-crown"; the value could also be spoken as "half a crown", but the coin was always a half-crown)