Two pound coin struck to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens

The Charles Dickens £2 Coin can be found in your change: 8,190,000 coins dated 2012 were struck to enter circulation. When receiving a £2 coin in your change you have about a 1 in 69* chance of finding this coin.

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*Change checking chance is calculated based on the 2012 mintage for the Charles Dickens £2 and 567,677,688 (The total number of two pounds that have entered circulation). The actual chance of finding this coin in change will depend on how many are no longer in circulation. Damaged coins are removed from circulation and 2012 Charles Dickens £2's held in collections are effectively not in circulation at present.

To find out more about this £2 coin, visit the Charles Dickens £2 Coin page on the Coin Hunter website.