Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Decimal issues, Two Pence, 1986, in cupro-nickel, security edge, 5.98g/12h (cf. S 4376). Streaky tone, otherwise practically as struck, of the highest rarity with such an edge £300-£400

Glendining Auction, 11 March 1992, lot 484, where described as 1985 in error; Joanna Tansley Collection, DNW Auction 67, 28 September 2005, lot 444; DNW Auction 79, 24 September 2008, lot 4053

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.