Elizabeth II Two Shillings
The Royal Mint
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1956
Materials
Cupro-nickel
Measurements
2 mm (Depth); 28 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997159.16.3
Summary
Elizabeth II Two Shillings, or Florin coin, dated 1956
Full description
Elizabeth II Two Shillings, or Florin coin. The obverse has a right facing head & shoulders of Elizabeth II with around the edge ‘ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA’. The reverse has a Tudor rose in the centre, surrounded by five thistles, four shamrocks and three leeks. Around the top edge is ‘: FID :’ ‘: DEF :’. Around the remaining edge from left to right is ’TWO SHILLINGS 1956’
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009
Makers and roles
The Royal Mint, minter