The new £2 commemorative coins featuring the London underground designs have been available in limited numbers in change to lucky travellers on the tube for about a month now but so far I haven't noticed any this far north!!
I have to say from the Royal Mint photos (below) they are certainly on my desire list!
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| Designed by Edwina Ellis |
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| Designed by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby |
They are definitely more striking than the other 2013 edition of the £2 coin which commemorates the 350th anniversary of Charles II's first guinea coin. The three coins nicely contrast each other though - the underground editions are much more contemporary in appearance while it would be hard to make a grander looking edition than the photo on the Royal Mint website (below) of the Guinea edition
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| Designed by Anthony Smith |
Consequently, I expect the former two coins will be rapidly taken out of circulation by amateur collectors while the Guinea coin might be less immediately obvious to the novice as it is far less distinctive. I'm certainly planning on collecting the set of 3 though and I think this would be a neat little collection for other amateur collectors to gather from circulation.
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