2 Pounds 2014, First World War [United Kingdom]

Coins-Europe

Country: United Kingdom
Weight: 12.0 g
Mintage: 5,720,000 pcs
Name: 100th Anniversary of the Start of the First World War
Issue Quality: BU
Metal: Cupronickel, Nickel Silver
Bimetallic: Copper-Nickel alloy (inner disc), Brass-Nickel alloy (outer ring)
Designation: Cu-Ni, Cu-Ni-Zn
Denomination: 2 pounds
Currency Unit: Pound
Orientation: Medallic
Artist: Obverse - Ian Rank-Broadley, Reverse - John Bergdahl
Summary: KM # 1279
Diameter: 28.4 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm

Reverse
Portrait of Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener (British Secretary of State for War, who greatly expanded the British army through volunteers and prepared for the introduction of conscription) – as he was depicted on British wartime posters. The inscription 'YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!' is engraved at the bottom of the coin. The outer ring of the reverse bears the inscriptions 'THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918' and '2014'.
Obverse
Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. The portrait is surrounded by a beaded border. The outer ring of the obverse bears the inscriptions, separated by dots: 'ELIZABETH • II • D • G • REG • FID • DEF • TWO POUNDS'. A beaded border also runs along the edge of the coin.