In 2005, to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, the Royal Mint released a Limited Issue Gunpowder Plot £2 Two Pound Proof Coin.
The center of the reverse has a circular arrangement of state, the mace, crosier and sword with the denomination "TWO POUNDS" and the dates "1605" and "2005" with the edge inscription "REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER" designed by Peter Forster. The obverse is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Ian Rank Broadley. These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Limited Mintage Worldwide
Finished to Royal Mint's Proof Quality
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
