All British Florins (Two Shillings) were made from a copper-nickel alloy from 1947 onwards.
Elizabeth 11 Regina silver 50 cents
when first made, 1 guinea was 20 shillings which was £1 it then became 30 shillings A guinea was worth 21 shillings, so 2 guineas was worth 42 shillings, which was 2 pounds and 2 shillings (£2.10p in todays currency).
Check your coin.There were no Two Pound coins issued in 1945 and, Queen Elizabeth II was not crowned until 1953.
At the time of Australia's conversion to decimal currency in 1966, an Australian Two Shillings (Florin) converted to an Australian 20 cents. At that time, Two Shillings Australian was equivalent to Two Shillings British.
There were 40 Shillings in the predecimal Two Pounds.
Two shillings and six pence.
British silver coins minted in 1894 included the Crown (Five Shillings), Halfcrown (Two Shillings and Sixpence), Florin (Two Shillings), Shilling, Sixpence and Threepence.
A Halfcrown is the eqivalent of Two Shillings and Sixpence. A Crown was Five Shillings.
In pre decimalised currency two pounds was equal to 40 shillings.
"Elizabeth II, By the Grace of God Queen (and) Defender of the Faith" is anEnglish equivalent of "Regina II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Difensor."Specifically, the masculine noun "dei" means "of God." The feminine noun "gratia" means "(by the) grace." The feminine noun "regina" means "queen." The feminine noun "fidei" means "of the faith." The masculine noun "difensor" means "defender."On coins, the last two words may appear as "f.d."
Kenya shillings. for example two billion Kenya shillings or KSH for short.
Two maple leaves would make it a Canadian penny. It's worth about 2 cents for the copper.