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Collectible Foreign Coin - 2005 British £2 - Rare Guy Fawkes Commemoration
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The listing, Collectible Foreign Coin - 2005 British £2 - Rare Guy Fawkes Commemoration has ended.

Circulated coin. This 2-pound coin was the first bi-metallic coin to be produced for circulation in Britain since 1692, and is the highest denomination coin in common circulation in the UK. The coin consists of an outer yellow metal nickel-brass ring made from 76% copper, 20% zinc, and 4% nickel, and an inner steel-coloured cupro-nickel disc made from 75% copper, 25% nickel.
The inscription ELIZABETH II D.G.REG. F.D., means "Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen and Defender of the Faith."
2007: Bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire.
Reverse: 1807, with the 0 as part of a broken chain, 2007 below, AN ACT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE above and around.
EDGE INSCRIPTION: REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER!!
This is the actual coin you will receive.
Background on Guy Fawkes: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.

The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of England's Parliament on 5 November 1605, as the prelude to a popular revolt in the Midlands during which James's nine-year-old daughter, Princess Elizabeth, was to be installed as the Catholic head of state. Guy Fawkes, who had 10 years of military experience fighting in the Spanish Netherlands in suppression of the Dutch Revolt, was given charge of the explosives. The plot was revealed to the authorities in an anonymous letter sent to William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, on 26 October 1605. During a search of the House of Lords at about midnight on 4 November 1605, Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder—enough to reduce the House of Lords to rubble—and arrested.
Questions & Comments
Original
Remeber remember they 5th of november why are you giveing this up
Jan 22nd, 2013 at 6:56:27 PM PST by
Original
I love the research and then passing on what I find out. I hope you enjoyed reading about this coin.
Jan 22nd, 2013 at 7:10:16 PM PST by
Original
I did have you seen v for vendetta
Jan 22nd, 2013 at 7:13:35 PM PST by
Original
No, but some of my anarchist friends seem to like it. They adopted the Guy Fawkes mask for the Occupy Wall Street rallies, as you probably know.
Jan 22nd, 2013 at 7:45:31 PM PST by
Original
Id love to get a get a guy fawkes mask
Jan 23rd, 2013 at 6:52:03 PM PST by
Original
They are available at amazon.com - many are called "V for Vendetta masks". Godzilla would look cool in a GF mask. :)
Jan 23rd, 2013 at 7:17:32 PM PST by
Original
Im going to wait till the last 1 hour to bid and see if i win right now im trying to get a f-22 raptor gold coin but cant find info on it any where
Jan 23rd, 2013 at 7:32:47 PM PST by
Original
Is it a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Challenge Coin? On ebay. Not pure gold, of course.
Jan 23rd, 2013 at 7:54:51 PM PST by
Original
No its historic coin mint 24 karat gold coin
Jan 23rd, 2013 at 7:56:18 PM PST by
Original
Well, best of luck to you on both!
Jan 23rd, 2013 at 8:21:50 PM PST by
Original
I hope i win both too
Jan 24th, 2013 at 4:22:44 AM PST by
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Jan 28th, 2013 at 4:24:21 AM PST by
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I am now your fan, too! Thanks.
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