In 2017 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Death of Jane Austen, the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue Jane Austen£2 Two Pound Silver Proof Coin struck in solid .925 Sterling Silver Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as PR70 DCAM.

The reverse features a portrait of Jane Austen one of the best loved English Novelists while the obverse depict Jody Clark's Fifth Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.

• Limited Mintage 3,531 Worldwide
• Struck in .925 Sterling Silver to Proof standard, the first official UK coin to celebrate this great British writer
• Features a design approved by leading Jane Austen academic, Professor John Mullan
• Unique Regency-era coin design by Royal Mint graphic designer Dominique Evans, her first circulating coin design
• Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as PR70 DCAM