2017 First World War Aviation £2 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin PCGS MS69
In 2017 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the First World War and the Aviators contribution to victory, the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue Brilliant Uncirculated Aviation £2 Two Pound Coin Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as MS69.
In 1914, as Europe finally went to war, the call went out to enlist. The British Army , unlike the French and German armies , was made up exclusively of volunteers. 30,000 volunteers signed up each day, in response to Lord Kitchener’s famous recruitment drive.
The debut of the Kitchener Army
of
volunteers turned into a massacre. As the British
divisions advanced they were cut down by machine gun fire.
Few communities remained
untouched by the immense sacrifice paid as a result of this strategic failure.
The reverse designed by Tangerine
depicts an Aircraft in flight
while the obverse has the stunning Fifth Portrait
of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark
.
- The only official UK coin commemorating the aviators of the First World War
- Fully endorsed by Imperial War Museums
- Part of The Royal Mints series commemorating the First World War from outbreak to armistice
- Struck to Brilliant Uncirculated Standard - A Finer Finish Than Circulating Coins
- Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as MS69
