2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1 oz Fine Silver

Reverse

Standing figure of Britannia holding trident in right hand and shield bearing the Union flag in left, legend around, engraver's name in exergue.

Note: with plain fields

Script: Latin

Lettering:
'BRITANNIA'2014' '1 oz' '999'FINE'SILVER'
NATHAN

Engraver: Philip Nathan

Edge

Reeded

Note: edge varieties exist (see below)

Comment

Since its inception in 1997, the £2 Silver Britannia was struck in one Troy ounce of silver with a fineness of .958 and a diameter of 40mm. This changed in 2013, when the fineness was changed to .999 and the diameter reduced to 38.61 mm.

This issue carries an updated reverse legend '1 oz 999 FINE SILVER' however like the previous issue it also has plain fields.

Introduced in 2013, privy marks have been added to a plain edge of the coins to commemorate the Chinese Lunar Year:

Sp#BF12A (2014) Horse privy mark:


In 2014, a mule error was produced when around 17,000 1oz Britannia bullion planchets were struck using the obverse die intended for the 2014 Lunar Year of the Horse issue paired with the standard Britannia reverse die. This resulted in the obverse portrait appearing with a plain rim instead of the normal dentils of a Britannia (see separate link below).

In 2015, a new bullion issue was introduced with a textured effect to both the obverse and reverse to help differentiate with what would become the Brilliant Uncirculated release which has a plain field on both the obverse and reverse as per the 2013 & 2014 Issues.

2014 BU issue limit: 10,000
2015 BU issue limit: 10,000

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2014	1493	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	2870	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II (4th portrait; 1 oz Fine Silver) 2014-2015 coin.