100th Anniversary of WW1 – Outbreak UK £2 Silver Proof Coin

What do you think of this? Seems it'll be a series not only one coin.

 

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In my opinion it is somewhat strange to celebrate the beginning of a war, especially with such a "propaganda" design. But it may be popular in the UK.

Guess they will do a series of several pieces, maybe one for each year. The Monnaie de Paris (FR) does that, but with different themes: "Françaises et français dans la 1e guerre mondiale" (five years). Those will be surcharged collector coins though. The Belgian Mint plans a €2 commem this year; not sure whether that will be a series ...

Christian

 

Is that coin bimetallic?

[edit] Never mind. I see it's a silver proof coin.

 

True, but that British piece can also be had in a regular (Cu-Ni and nickel-brass) version.

Christian

 

That is an awesome design. Full brownie points to the Royal Mint.

 

Its not a series they issue around two different designs each year.
I got mine in 2013 I order them in proof from the mint as soon as they come out.
THE LAMPS ARE GOING OUT ALL OVER EUROPE


The 100th Anniversary of the First World War– Outbreak
Scroll down and you can see each one ever issued and the details of them.
http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/two-pound-coin

 

Hmm, that Kitchener design £2 coin is "the first coin in a five-year series that will take us on a journey from outbreak to armistice." (see here) Guess it is safe to say that this will be a series, but that does not mean they will be the only £2 pieces in the next five years.

Christian

 

The Royal Canadian Mint has a similar silver proof coin in the 2014 silver proof double dollar set

 

Here is another one, from Australia this time.
http://www.perthmint.com.au/catalog...ent-2014-1oz-silver-proof-rectangle-coin.aspx

Christian

 

that's awesome

 

Well there you go then LOL More expense if I am to have them all.

Its also 100 years since my Grandfather aged 18 went off to the trenches.
He was shrapnel wounded 6 weeks later in Ypres and brought home.
One of the lucky ones.

 

daveydempsey => the "like" was for the photo and the good news war-tale, "not" for your Grandfather getting hit with shrapnel

 

Thanks, I understand.
He lived a long life afterwards he passed in 1990 aged 94 in the pub of all places.

 

Let me just say that here in Germany no such coin will be issued. The end of WW1 may be worth an issue but not the beginning.

Christian