The Coin Collection Archive

Audience: General

Messy Archive: This is part of a rough series where I’m logging what I learn about the coins I have collected; they’re notes to myself. Accuracy over aesthetics. Mistakes allowed. Learning in progress.

Commemorative £2 Coins

Uni-Metalic Coins

Coin Name	Year	Status
1986 XIII Commonwealth Games £2	1986	Researching
1989 Bill of Rights (300th Anniversary) £2	1989	Researching

Bi-Metalic Coins

William Shakespeare Collection

Coin Name	Year	Status
2016 The Shakespeare Comedies £2	2016	Researching
2016 The Shakespeare Tragedies £2	2016	Researching
2016 The Shakespeare Histories £2	2016	Researching

Science & Technology Set

Coin Name	Year	Status
2001 First Transatlantic Wireless Transmission (100th Anniversary) £2	2001	Researching
2003 Discovery of DNA (50th Anniversary) £2	2003	Researching
2004 First Steam Locomotive Engine (200th Anniversary) £2	2004	Researching
2013 London Underground - Roundel (150th Anniversary) £2	2013	Researching

Cultural Figures

Coin Name	Year	Status
2006 Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Portrait (200th Anniversary of Birth) £2	2006	Researching
2012 Charles Dickens (200th Anniversary of Birth) £2	2012	Researching

Standalone Commemoratives

Coin Name	Year	Status
2005 Gunpowder Plot (400th Anniversary) £2	2005	Researching
2007 Abolition of the Slave Trade (200th Anniversary) £2	2007	Researching
2008 London Olympic Centenary £2	2008	Researching
2011 King James Bible (400th Anniversary) £2	2011	Researching
2015 Magna Carta (800th Anniversary) £2	2015	Researching

Commemorative 50p Coins

Official Collections

Beatrix Potter Collection

Coin Name	Year	Status
Beatrix Potter (150th Anniversary of Birth) 50p	2016	Researching
Peter Rabbit 50p	2016	Researching
Squirrel Nutkin 50p	2016	Researching
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle 50p	2016	Researching
The Tale of Peter Rabbit 50p	2017	Researching
Benjamin Bunny 50p	2017	Researching
Mr Jeremy Fisher 50p	2017	Researching
Tom Kitten 50p	2017	Researching

2012 Olympic Games Collection

Coin Name	Year	Status
Archery 50p	2011	Researching

Informal Sets

Military History Set

Coin Name	Year	Status
Victoria Cross (150th Anniversary) 50p	2006	Researching
Battle of Britain (75th Anniversary) 50p	2015	Researching
Battle of Hastings (950th Anniversary) 50p	2016	Researching

European Union Set

Coin Name	Year	Status
Withdrawl from the European Union 50p	2020	Researching

Monarchy Set

Coin Name	Year	Status
Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 50p	2022	Researching

Cultural Figures Set

Coin Name	Year	Status
Benjamin Britten (100th Anniversary of Birth) 50p	2013	Researching
Beatrix Potter (150th Anniversary of Birth) 50p	2016	Researching

Standalone Commemoratives

Coin Name	Year	Status
First Four-Minute Mile (50th Anniversary) 50p	2004	Researching
Diversity Built Britain 50p	2020	Researching