One of my customers at the golf course gave me as a gift, a two pound, and a one pound coin. They are both very heavy and the two pound coin looks like a coin in a coin very cool looking. Don't know the value but I thought it was a nice gift. I do not collect foreign coins but these are nice so I will keep them.
ROY On the obverse of the two pound coin it has a pic of elizabeth 2nd dei.gra.reg.fid.def, obverse has date and two pounds.
They're British. If the country name isn't on the coin, that means Britain. The UK is the only country in the world that doesn't put its name on coins (or stamps). That's tradition from back in the day when the sun never set on the British Empire and the coin of international commerce was the pound. It was assumed that everyone would know what country they were from.
The Royal Mint is currently selling a 2006 1 pound coin that fits your description, but not a 2 pound.Does yours look like this? http://www.royalmint.com/RoyalMint/web/site/PackedSets/UK06SP.asp
Hi mikjoO No the coin does not look like that, I did find the coin I have at the wikipedia encyclopedia. . Thanks to both of you for the info it was a big help.:hail:
The 'coin in a coin' 2 pound is called a bi-metallic coin. You can have a look at the designs of the 1 & 2 pound coins here: 1 pound: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/pics/1pr.html 2 pounds: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/pics/2pr.html
