Oh, dude, IPB stands for "Incuse by Pistrucci" on the British £2 coin. It refers to the designer Benedetto Pistrucci, who created the iconic St. George and the Dragon design featured on the coin. So, like, next time you see IPB on a £2 coin, you'll know it's just the artist's signature, no big deal.
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.
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 N-2/J-2 (Intelligence)
The N-2/J-2 (Intelligence)
FR2 is sometimes used to denote the grade of a coin. FR2 would mean Fair 2.
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.
There is no British 2 cent coin. The Brits have a 2 Pence coin, which is currently the second lowest denomination British coin in circulation. Up to 1992 they were made from bronze, from 1992 onwards, they are made from copper plated steel and are 25.91 mm in diameter.