Coin: Two Shillings (Florin) 1960
| Description | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) |
| Face value | 2 (x Shilling) |
Type | Florin Elizabeth II |
| Year | 1960 |
Current | No (demonetised 1993) |
| Mintage | 13,831,782 (13.8 million) |
Rarity | C (Common) |
| Mints |
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| Material | CuproNickel |
Designer | Edgar Fuller and Cecil Thomas |
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Portrait by Mary Gillick (First Portrait) |
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
| Size (mm) | 28.3000 |
Thickness (mm) | |
| Mass (g) | 11.3100 |
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| Obverse | Laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, incuse on bust truncation the artist's initials M.G. (for Mary Gillick); around, the legend ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRATIA · REGINA + (Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen). |
| Obverse inscription |
ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRATIA · REGINA +
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| Reverse | At centre, a rose; around, linked thistles, shamrocks and leeks; around above, the rest of the Queen's legend, FID: DEF: (Defender of the Faith); around below, TWO SHILLINGS 1960. Above the denomination in small letters, the designers' initials E.F and C.T (for Edgar Fuller and Cecil Thomas). |
| Reverse inscription | FID: DEF: TWO SHILLINGS 1960 |
| Edge | Milled |
Edge inscription | None |
