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Basic Information | | Accession Number: | 1969N726 |
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| Collection: | Coins & Medals |
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| Date: | 1797 - 1797 |
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Maker Information | | Engraver: | Conrad Heinrich Kuchler - View biography for Conrad Heinrich Kuchler |
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| Manufacturer: | Soho Mint - View history |
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| Mint: | Soho Mint - View history |
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Notes | This coin was made in 1797 by Matthew Boulton at his Soho Mint (in Handsworth, Birmingham). It is a proof coin, which means that it was struck from new, carefully polished dies on a specially
prepared blank. In this case the copper blank was gilded before the coin was struck. The reverse design, by Conrad Heinrich Küchler, is the first one to show Britannia holding a trident. Before this she had always held a spear.
| | Purchased from the executors of C W Peck in 1969 with assistance from the V and A Purchase Grant Fund, Mint Birmingham Ltd (Ralph Heaton and Sons), Imperial Metal Industries (Kynock) Ltd, W A Cadbury Charitable Trust, John Feeney Charitable Trust and Birmingham City Corporation. |
Further Information | | Reign: | King George III |
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| Production Period: | Georgian |
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| Material(s): | Gilt copper |
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| Denomination: | 2d - two pence |
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| Currency: | England |
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| Place of Origin: | Birmingham, Staffordshire, England |
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Associated People | | Dimensions | | Diameter: | 41 mm |
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