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2006-12-12 09:27:29 · 11 answers · asked by tracyduxbury 1 in Entertainment & Music Jokes & Riddles

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In 1986 a £2 coin was issued to commemorate the commonwealth games and in subsequent years further commemorative coins were produced but the coin did not come into general circulation until 1997.

2006-12-12 09:38:27 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew R 2 · 0 0

No, but I bet a pocket full of them would be hard to carry around.

Just kidding.. I don't even know what a 2 pound coin is... I'm American..

A pocket full of the old 1 penny coins were heavy..they were the same size as the American
half dollar and weighed nearly the same..

2006-12-12 09:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by scrubbag 7 · 1 0

1986 although the very first version was released in 1823

2006-12-12 09:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by madhairyscotsman 2 · 1 0

the date on my one is 1991

2006-12-12 09:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i think it was 2000 to mark the millenium but im not sure

2006-12-12 09:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

2000 i think

but dude its not a joke or riddle lol ??

2006-12-12 09:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by francho 3 · 0 0

1986: 13th Commonwealth Games, held in Scotland.
Reverse: Thistle on St Andrew's Cross, 1986 above.
Edge inscription: XIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCOTLAND 1986.

In 1997 a new design was produced, intended for everyday circulation. It was the first bi-metallic coin to be produced for circulation in Britain since the tin farthing with a copper plug produced in 1692, and is the highest denomination coin in current circulation.

The coins are sometimes jokingly referred to as "beer tokens", since at the time of their introduction a pint of beer cost around two pounds in many British pubs.


The only obverse used on the commemorative £2 coin is the head of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael Maklouf,

These coins tended not to circulate at the time of their issue, but they do seem to appear in circulation more often now that there is also a regular coin of this denomination.

There were seven issues of this coin, with the following reverses and inscriptions:

1986: 13th Commonwealth Games, held in Scotland.
Reverse: Thistle on St Andrew's Cross, 1986 above.
Edge inscription: XIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCOTLAND 1986.
1989: Tercentenary of the English Bill of Rights.
Reverse: Intertwined W and M (for William and Mary) with mace, English crown above, 1689 over 1989 below, TERCENTENARY OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS above.
No edge inscription.
1989: Tercentenary of the Scottish Claim of Right.
Reverse: Intertwined W and M (for William and Mary) with mace, Scottish crown above, 1689 over 1989 below, TERCENTENARY OF THE CLAIM OF RIGHT above.
No edge inscription.
1994: Tercentenary of the Bank of England.
Reverse: Seal of the Bank of England, intertwined W and M (for William and Mary) surmounted by crown above legend BANK OF ENGLAND 1694 1994.
Edge inscription: SIC VOS NON VOBIS ("thus we labour, but not for ourselves", motto of William Paterson).
1995: 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Reverse: Dove carrying olive branch.
Edge inscription: 1945 IN PEACE GOODWILL 1995.
An unusual coin, in that the date is indicated only on its edge.
1995: 50th anniversary of the United Nations.
Reverse: Array of flags, 50 and UN symbol with legend: NATIONS UNITED FOR PEACE 1945 – 1995.
Milled edge, no inscription.

1996: Euro 96 European Football Championships.
Reverse: Representation of a football, 1996 in centre, 16 small rings representing the 16 competing teams.
Edge inscription: TENTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP.


[edit] The modern circulating coin (1997–) The bi-metal coin consists of an outer gold-coloured nickel-brass ring made from 76% copper, 20% zinc, and 4% nickel, and an inner silver-coloured cupro-nickel disc made from 75% copper, 25% nickel. The coin weighs 12.00 grams and is 28.40 millimetres in diameter. The coin was introduced to test the public's opinion on the use of bi-metallic coins as a precursor to the possible introduction of the euro, as the one and two euro coins were planned to be bi-metallic. At the same time many other European countries also trialled a bi-metallic coin in the same way.

Because of technical difficulties, the 1997-dated coins, which bear the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael Maklouf, were not released to circulation until June 1998 (the same time as the 1998-dated coins). 1998 and later dated coins bear the effigy of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley. The Maklouf-effigy coins bear the inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D on the obverse; the Rank-Broadley coins bear the inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF.

The reverse of the regular-issue coin, designed by Bruce Rushin, bears a concentric design symbolically representing technological development from the Iron Age, through the Industrial Revolution and the Electronic Age to the Internet, with the inscription TWO POUNDS above the design and the date below. It is worth noting that the design depicts nineteen interlocking cogs; due to this odd number, the mechanism could not actually turn outside a Möbius strip. The coin has the edge inscription STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS taken from a letter by Sir Isaac Newton to Robert Hooke, in which he describes how his work was built on the knowledge of those that had gone before him. "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

The comparative rarity of the Maklouf-effigy coins ("the ones with the necklace") has led to an urban legend that they are much more valuable than the other coins, but this is not true – there are over 13 million 1997-dated £2 coins in circulation. Another urban legend about the coin is that if you place it in the freezer overnight, the cupro-nickel centre will pop out.

2006-12-12 09:39:24 · answer #7 · answered by Joe v 2 · 0 1

Never knew it was gay to be honest

2006-12-12 09:29:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anya M 1 · 1 0

A long time ago, in galaxy far, far away...

2006-12-12 09:29:07 · answer #9 · answered by Russianator 5 · 2 0

when dinosaurs wre about!

2006-12-12 10:07:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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