• 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...
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  • Since decimalisation, on 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence (minted on coins as new until 1981). Before decimalisation, twelve...
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  • The British one pound (£1) coin is a denomination of sterling coinage. Its obverse bears the Latin engraving ELIZABETH II D G REG (Dei Gratia Regina)...
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    The five pound British gold coin, also known as a quintuple sovereign, has a nominal value of five pounds sterling. It has been struck intermittently since...
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  • The British five pound (£5) coin is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage. As of October 2022, the obverse of new coins feature the profile...
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  • twenty pence coin (often shortened to 20p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄5 of a pound. Like the 50p coin, it is an...
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  • are denominated in Manx pounds. From 1971 to 2016, coins of the Isle of Man were minted by Pobjoy Mint Limited. Since 2017, coins of the Isle of Man have...
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  • The two pence (2p) (Irish: dhá phingin) coin was the third smallest denomination of the Irish pound, being worth 1⁄50 of a pound. It was first issued on...
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  • Falklands Islands by the British in 1833. Initially, sterling coin circulated, in units of a pound subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. Specific...
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  • sterling banknotes and coins, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland (see Banknotes of the pound sterling). It can...
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    The double sovereign is a gold coin of the United Kingdom with a face value of two pounds sterling (£2). Rarely issued in the first 150 years after its...
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  • silver coins called sterlings and that the compound noun pound sterling was derived from a pound (weight) of these sterlings. The English word pound derives...
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  • 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...
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  • United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency[citation needed] but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated...
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    one pound Scots was valued at five shillings sterling.[citation needed] Silver coins were issued denominated in merk, worth 13s.4d. Scots (two-thirds...
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  • Gallagher after seeing the quote on the British two pound coin while in a pub. The British two pound coin bears the inscription STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS...
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  • twenty times as great. The two can be distinguished because the five pound coin is marked with its value. The following 25p coins were produced: Money portal...
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  • pence Irish. The last copper coins of the Irish pound were minted in 1823, and in 1826 the Irish pound was merged with the pound sterling. After 1826, some...
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  • one of the first English milled coins 1740 Two guineas Since decimalisation on "Decimal Day", 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence...
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    pound kept its old value and name, but the shilling was abolished, and the pound was divided into 100 new pence (abbreviated to "p"). The new coins initially...
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  • The British twenty pound (£20) coin is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage, first issued by the Royal Mint in 2013. It is minted in .999 fine...
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    In comparison the coin's purchase power was about double that of a two-pound coin (UK) in 2012. These reasons have made 500 yen coins a prime choice for...
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  • The Australian two-dollar coin is the highest-denomination circulating coin of the Australian dollar. It was first issued on 20 June 1988, having been...
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    The British florin, or two-shilling piece (2/– or 2s.), was a coin worth 1⁄10 of one pound, or 24 pence. It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final...
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  • the pound. Colloquially, the 5 mil coin was known as a piastre (not an exact equivalence; the piastre was equal to 5+5⁄9 mils) and the 50 mil coin as a...
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  • decimal coins were of the same dimensions as the same denomination British coins, as the Irish punt was in currency union with the British pound sterling...
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    or 0.247191011 ozt (troy ounces) fine gold). The coin was originally worth twenty shillings (one pound), but an increase in the price of gold during the...
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    twopence (2d) (/ˈtʌpəns/ or /ˈtuːpəns/) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage worth two pennies or ⁠1/120⁠ of a pound. It was a short-lived denomination...
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  • competition was to re-design the reverses of all circulation British coins (except the two pound coin which had only been introduced eleven years earlier). His entry...
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  • (Irish: leath reul [ˌl̠ʲah ˈɾˠeːlˠ]) or 3d coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄80 of a pound or 1⁄4 of a shilling. Leath reul literally...
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