Any coin with two dates on it, 200 years apart, is a commemorative. The British 2 Pence coin has never been used as a commemorative, but the 2 Pound coin has. The British 2004 Two Pound coin commemorates the 200th Anniversay of invention of Trevithick's locomotive.
The Two Shilling (or Florin) coin is a British coin. British coins do not have the country name on them. The Two Shilling (or Florin) coin was also issued by a large number of British Empire/Commonwealth countries, but will have the country name on them somewhere.
Currently, British general circulation currency comes in the following denominations - 1 Penny coin 2 Pence coin 5 Pence coin 10 Pence coin 20 Pence coin 50 Pence coin 1 Pound coin 2 Pound coin 5 Pound note 10 Pound note 20 Pound note 50 Pound note
The British one pound coin weighs 9.5 grams.
In 2008, all British circulating coins had a redesigned reverse. When one of each of the six "Pence" coins is arranged correctly, the composite design shows the Royal Shield. That part of the shield visible on the 2 Pence coin shows the "Lion Rampant" from the Royal Banner of Scotland.
2 British Pence in 1979 had the equivalent value of about 1 cent USD.
The N-2/J-2 (Intelligence)
The N-2/J-2 (Intelligence)
No current circulating British coin has a diameter of exactly 3 cm. The closest is the £2 coin with a diameter of 2.84 cm.
The value of the copper in a 2 Pence coin would be significantly less then 10% of the face value of the coin at the time the coin was minted. Today, it might be a little more, about 0.2 Pence.
FR2 is sometimes used to denote the grade of a coin. FR2 would mean Fair 2.
There were never any British Two and a Half-Sovereign coins minted.