The Gunpowder Plot £2 Coin can be found in your change: 5,140,500 coins dated 2005 were struck to enter circulation. When receiving a £2 coin in your change you have about a 1 in 115* chance of finding this coin.
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*Change checking chance is calculated based on the 2005 mintage for the Gunpowder Plot £2 and 592,788,543 (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 2005 Guy Fawkes £2's held in collections are effectively not in circulation at present.
To find out more about this £2 coin, visit the Gunpowder Plot £2 Coin page on the Coin Hunter website.
An arrangement of crosiers, maces and swords, surrounded by stars, with the dates 1605 and 2005 above, and the denomination TWO POUNDS below
Design by: Peter Forster
Edge Inscription: REMEMBER REMEMBER FIFTH OF NOVEMBER
Gunpowder Plot Coin Specification