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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2461731, member: 40017&quot;]The engraver for the head is well known as Raphael Maklouf - the same as the head on many British coins around that time. I have not been able to find out anything about the ship - either its name or its engraver! This page on Wikipedia gives quite a bit more info: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a detailed document from the Royal Mint titled &quot;The United Kingdom Coinage Review 1994&quot; which explains the process of the review for all the coins conducted at that time. Even this does not give any more info on the designer of the ship reverse. (I could scan and upload this document but it is many pages long and so not really suited to putting on here.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a later document from the Royal Mint dated 1997 confirming the decision on the choice of the new two pound and 50p coins and the process for replacement. This gives the designer of the new &quot;Technology&quot; reverse to the two pound coin (Bruce Rushin a Norfolk art teacher) but still gives no more info on the ship.</p><p><br /></p><p>The package for the bi-metallic coin also does not name the designer but does state: &quot;The sailing ship reverse design, used when work began on the trial piece in 1994, will not be repeated on the two-pound coin entering circulation in 1997.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that helps![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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