Magna Carta 2 Pound
How rare is the magna carta 2.
Magna carta 2 pound. 1 495 000 magna carta 2 coins were minted showing the date s 2015. Magna carta united kingdom with pictures and collection and swap management. Detailed information about the coin 2 pounds elizabeth ii magna carta. The rare 2 coin with a magna carta design is listed for 1 300 on ebay the description reads.
The magna carta was a milestone in constitutional law for the united kingdom. 2 pound magna carta coin at rare british coins. The magna carta 2 pound coin is uncommon but still not too difficult to find making it a great coin for amateur coin collectors. Over the intervening years some of these coins have gone out of circulation but there are still probably around a million magna carta 2 pound coins in circulation.
How rare is this coin. Mintage descriptions metal weight size value and other numismatic data. The coins entered circulation and can be received as change today accounting for about 1 in 304 of the two pound coins in circulation. It stated for the first time that the king had to follow the laws of the land and it assured the rights of individual people against the king.
2015 silver two pounds magna carta elizabeth ii d g reg f d two pounds 2015 j c magna carta jb 1215 2015 coin and its complete list of years and varieties with prices and values. Gold proof united kingdom with pictures and collection and swap management. The 2015 magna carta design is the sixteenth rarest 2 coin in circulation and has a value of 2 pounds but collectors of coins currently pay 3 23 to own this coin. The price range for a good condition circulated example of this 2 coin is between 3 00 and 3 15.
When receiving a 2 coin in your change you have about a 1 in 323 chance of finding this design. Detailed information about the coin 2 pounds elizabeth ii 4th portrait. The magna carta 2 coin was first minted in 2015 to mark it being 800 years since the creation of the magna carta. For 2015 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the magna carta the royal mint released a special range of limited issue magna carta 2 two pound coins issued in gold piedfort silver and brilliant uncirculated condition.
The reverse designed by john berdahl depicts the magna carta while the obverse features the stunning fifth portrait of her majesty queen elizabeth ii by jody clark. Nearly 1 5 million of these special edition 2 coins were released in 2015 on the 800th anniversary of the magna carta an agreement which in 1215 forced king john to adhere to. When the magna carta 2 coin entered circulation in 2015 just under 1 5 million copies were minted.