Important British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part II)

Elizabeth II (1952- ), Two Pence, 1986, in cupro-nickel, security edge, 5.98g/12h (Tansley 444, this coin; cf. S 4376). Streaky tone, otherwise practically as struck, of the highest rarity with such an edge (£150-200)

Provenance:
Glendining Auction, 11 March 1992, lot 484, where described as 1985 in error
Joanna Tansley Collection, DNW Auction 67, 28 September 2005, lot 444.

In the 1992 sale catalogue this coin was also said to be ‘struck…on the flan of a Hong Kong Half-Dollar’, yet no such coin of this size was then being made; a cupro-nickel Hong Kong dollar of the same dimensions was first issued in 1994