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The coin was released on 15 June 1998 (coins minted 1997) after a review of the United Kingdom's coinage decided that a general-circulation £2 coin was needed. [1] The new bi-metallic coin design replaced a series of commemorative, uni-metallic coins which were issued between 1986 and 1996 to celebrate special occasions.
Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £). There were therefore 240 pence in a pound. For example, 2 pounds 14 shillings and 5 pence could have been written as £2 14s 5d or £2/14/5
The original intention was to exclude both the £1 and £2 coins from the redesign because they were "relatively new additions" to the coinage, but it was later decided to include a £1 coin with a complete Royal Shield design from 2008 to 2016, [21] and the 2015 redesign of the £2 coin occurred due to complaints over the disappearance of ...
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Crowns, £5 coins and (until 1996) £2 coins are non-circulating, although they are still legal tender. These denominations are only used for commemoratives. During the decimal era, crowns were converted to twenty-five pence. 50p and £2 coins made after 1996 circulate normally and can be found in change. Usually about 5 million of each of ...
Egypt with the 1 Pound coin in 2005; South Africa with the 5 Rand coin in 2005: Ghana with a 1 Cedi coin in 2007, and a 2 Cedis coin in 2019; British territories such as Stoltenhoff Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha with the 25-Pence in 2008, Belarus with the 2 Roubles in 2009 and the Commemorative 20 Roubles in 2016
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