Standing on the shoulders of giants - the United Kingdom's definitive £2 coin from 1997 to 2015 - celebrating industrial development and technological advancement

The Technology £2 Coin can be found in your change: 13,734,625 coins dated 1997 were struck to enter circulation. When receiving a £2 coin in your change you have about a 1 in 43* chance of finding this coin.

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*Change checking chance is calculated based on the 1997 mintage for the History of Technological Achievement £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 1997 Technology £2's held in collections are effectively not in circulation at present.

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