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Following a UK mintage review in 1994, the need for a £2 coin became apparent. A consultation process was carried out with the vending industry, citizens and special interest groups. The general opinion in the consultation was in favor of a bicolor coin, since it would be easily distinguishable from the other coins in circulation.
A new design for the back was needed and it was decided to call a competition open to the general public. The winning artist, Bruce Rushin, a Norfolk art professor, based his design on a series of concentric circles that recount, through symbolic devices, technological development from the Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution and from the Age of Computing to the Internet.
An appropriate inscription for the border had to be chosen before the recommended design could be submitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and then to the Queen, for approval. The words that were ultimately chosen were taken from a letter written in 1676 by Isaac Newton to fellow scientist Robert Hooke, in which he acknowledged his debt to others: "If I have been able to see further, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." ».
Originally the intention was to issue the £2 coin in November 1997 and millions of coins with Raphael Maklouf's portrait of the Queen on the obverse were minted for its release. However, the vending industry was concerned ahead of the air date. Production was suspended while further testing was carried out and resumed in 1998, with the new portrait of the Queen done by Ian Rank-Broadley on the obverse. The £2 coin was finally released on June 15, 1998, when millions of both versions were put into circulation.
To complete the information, I leave you with a video where a collector takes 2-pound coins from the Bank in bags, they are distributed there like this, and he sets aside those that may interest him for his collection.
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A particularity that draws attention in the coins of the United Kingdom is that to get coins in perfect condition you have to buy them. The ones that come out of the Bank already appear worn, come on, they are coins that seem to be widely circulated. I don't know how they do it so that this is the case, perhaps before putting them into circulation they shake them in a kind of cocktail shaker so that they are damaged by rubbing. I'm not just saying it because of what is seen in the video, many collectors also confirm it.
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