United Kingdom | |
Value | 2d sterling |
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Mass | 56.7 g (2 oz) |
Diameter | 41 mm (1.6 in) |
Edge | Plain |
Composition | Copper |
Years of minting | 1797 |
Mint marks | SOHO, below and to the right of Britannia. |
Obverse | |
Design | Profile of George III |
Designer | Conrad Heinrich Küchler |
Design date | 1797 |
Reverse | |
Design | Britannia |
Designer | Conrad Heinrich Küchler |
Design date | 1797 |
The British twopence (2d) (/ˈtʌpəns/ or /ˈtuːpəns/) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage worth two pennies or 1/120 of a pound. It was a short-lived denomination in copper, being minted only in 1797 by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint.
These coins were made legal tender for amounts of up to one shilling by a proclamation of 26 July 1797.[1] Short-lived twopence coins in silver were also minted in 1817, 1818 and 1820. Twopence coins were made redundant in 1860 with the advent of bronze coinage.[2] The twopence was the largest and heaviest copper coin to circulate across Britain,[3] and second largest and heaviest coin in British circulation after emergency money issued locally under Charles I.[4]