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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 ]
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 ...
2014: A petrol station owner found a silver two pence in a new packet of coins minted in 1988. The coin sold for £1,200 at the Charterhouse Auction house in Sherborne. [3] 2015: A 1971 silver two pence was found in the donation box for unwanted foreign currency at a hospital in Reading. [3] 2016: A silver two pence was found in a Poppy Appeal tin.
Two pence (or pennies) in British coinage, or the specific coins: Twopence (British pre-decimal coin) Two pence (British decimal coin) Tuppence (detective), a recurring character in the works of Agatha Christie; Tuppence Middleton, an English actress 'Tuppence' Moran, a nickname for Desmond Moran, member of the Moran family of Melbourne-based ...
Successive currency reforms by debasing the Ottoman currency had reduced the value of the Ottoman piastre by the late 19th century so as to be worth about two pence (2d) sterling. Hence the name piastre referred to two distinct kinds of coins in two distinct parts of the world, both of which had descended from the Spanish pieces of eight.
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 The two-pence coin was withdrawn when euro coins were introduced on 1 January 2002.
The article says that prior to 1992 the coins were made of Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin. It does not say the exact composition. I have a 1971 two pence coin and would like to know just what it is made of. Could someone please add this detail Alexselkirk1704 21:01, 5 March 2011 (UTC) how much is the value of a 1985 two pence
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