Two Pounds 2022 Technology - 25 Years, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information

The obverse of the coin depicts the crowned old head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem crown worn for her Coronation (her effigy known as the "Fifth Portrait").

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials J.C (for Jody Clark).

Running continuously around the effigy is the monarch's legend, followed by the date of issue and the face value: ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS · 2022 ·. Translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith, followed by the value and denomination in English and the year.

The obverse has a small representation of the "Iron Age" design in the form of a tiny privy mark to the left of the designer's initials under the Queen's portrait; it displays the scrolls which on earlier coins of the type were part of the latent image at the centre of the reverse.

Representing the advances made in industrial and technological fields, the reverse design spirals outward from the Iron Age core, to the Industrial era, the age of the computer and finally ends with the outer ring symbolising the Internet. The central area contains a latent feature which, when tilted, transforms into an image of the anniversary years: 25 instead of the usual representation of the Iron Age.

Around above, the value and denomination in words: TWO POUNDS; around below, the date of issue of the first coin in this format: 1997.

The designer's initials BR (for Bruce Rushin) are incuse in an ornament in the right part of the second ring.

Release date: 22 November 2022.

Base metal mintage includes the varieties listed below plus 13,998 coins "in trade packaging".