GREAT_BRITAIN 

KM 916

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
2 new pence 25.9 7.12 1.85 Plain Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse

The inscriptions along the rim: title of Queen, the year of minting. In the center - bust of queen Elizabeth II right (portrait by Arnold Machin in which she wears the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara).

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) became Queen of
the United Kingdom on 6 February 1952.

 Word denomination, badge of the Prince of Wales in the center, below - figure "2".

Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

The coin was issued by the Royal Mint on 15 February 1971, the day the British currency was decimalised.