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2 Pounds - Charles III George Orwell (2025)
"George Orwell £2"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2025 |
| Denomination | 2 Pounds |
| Face value | £2 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring |
| Weight | 12.000g |
| Diameter | 28.4mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled: THERE WAS TRUTH AND THERE WAS UNTRUTH |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Martin Jennings |
| Rev. artist | Henry Gray |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·
A depiction of an eye,
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU / GEORGE ORWELL
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Realised auction prices · ⭐ Pro Expand rows for individual sale records| Grade | Latest | Median | 30d Δ | All-time range | Sales (1yr) | Total sales | Last sale | |
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| UNC | £14.99 🔒 eBay | £13.50 | – | £11.50 – £14.99 | 4 | 4 | 07-10-2026 | |
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| BU | £14.01 🔒 eBay | £14.27 | ▲42.8% | £4.37 – £35.55 | 58 | 58 | 17-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £16.15 🔒 eBay | £13.78 | – | £8.66 – £27.74 | 12 | 12 | 02-10-2026 | |
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| MS-68 | £16.27 🔒 eBay | £20.51 | – | £12.62 – £58.33 | 9 | 9 | 24-09-2026 | |
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| MS-69 | £52.70 🔒 eBay | £72.50 | – | £52.70 – £88.02 | 3 | 3 | 19-08-2026 | |
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About the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III George Orwell
The 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III George Orwell is a collector 2 pounds coin, struck in bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring. It weighs 12g and measures 28.4mm across. Reverse design: A depiction of an eye,.
Common questions
How much is the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III George Orwell worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III George Orwell run from £13.50 to £72.50 across 5 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Is the George Orwell £2 in circulation?
No. The coin is not in the Royal Mint's circulating mintage data, which lists 2025 figures for the 5p, 20p, 50p and £1 but no £2 at all for that year. The Royal Mint sold it from 15 January 2025 in Brilliant Uncirculated, silver proof and gold proof editions.
How many George Orwell £2 coins were made?
The Royal Mint has not published a figure for the Brilliant Uncirculated coin, and its coin sales pages do not yet cover 2025. The one number it gives is for the silver proof, which is a limited edition of 4,500.
Is it an eye or a camera on the Orwell £2?
Both readings are intended. The Royal Mint says Henry Gray created what appears to be an eye but is in fact a camera lens. Gray said he left out eyelashes so that it would be monocular, "almost like a camera lens staring at you all the time, unblinking".
What is written on the edge of the George Orwell £2?
THERE WAS TRUTH AND THERE WAS UNTRUTH, a quotation from Orwell's novel 1984. The reverse carries a second quotation from the same book, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, which encircles the lens, along with the name GEORGE ORWELL.
Why was the George Orwell £2 issued in 2025?
It marks the 75th anniversary of Orwell's death. He died at University College Hospital on 21 January 1950, aged 46, a few months after 1984 was published. The Royal Mint says this is the first time he has been commemorated on a United Kingdom coin.
How do I identify the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III George Orwell?
Check the weight 12g and diameter 28.4mm and the metal (bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
The George Orwell £2 was announced by the Royal Mint on 13 January 2025 and went on sale two days later. It marks the 75th anniversary of the death of the writer, who died at University College Hospital on 21 January 1950, aged 46. The Royal Mint says it is the first time Orwell has been commemorated on a United Kingdom coin, and that the coin was created with the support of the Orwell Foundation.
Orwell was born Eric Blair in Bengal in 1903. The Royal Mint's account of his life singles out the six months he spent as a Republican volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, which fixed the opposition to totalitarianism that runs through Animal Farm and 1984.
The coin was not struck for circulation. It is absent from the Royal Mint's circulating mintage data, which records no £2 coins of any design for 2025.
The reverse is by Henry Gray, whose earlier Royal Mint designs include the 2022 Alexander Graham Bell £2 and the 2023 Edward Jenner £2. At its centre is what looks like an eye but is in fact a camera lens, encircled by the words BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU from 1984, with the name GEORGE ORWELL.
Gray said the eye is deliberately not realistic: "it doesn't have eyelashes and things like that because I wanted it to be monocular. It's almost like a camera lens staring at you all the time, unblinking."
The edge is milled and carries a second line from the novel in incuse letters: THERE WAS TRUTH AND THERE WAS UNTRUTH. The obverse has the portrait of the King by Martin Jennings with the inscription CHARLES III D G REX F D 2 POUNDS and the date 2025.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
The base-metal coin was sold singly in a pack, struck to Brilliant Uncirculated standard. From 20 January 2025 visitors to the Royal Mint Experience at Llantrisant could also strike their own example. The Royal Mint has published no figure for either.
The same design was issued as a silver proof, limited to 4,500, and as a gold proof. The proclamation also provides for a silver piedfort, and gives the gold coin a plain edge with the same lettering.
Gray's other £2 of 2025 is the Royal Observatory £2.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of two pound coins in gold, standard silver, silver piedfort and cupro-nickel and nickel-brass, notice 4707729, 4 October 2024, The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Life and Work of George Orwell Celebrated on a £2 Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- George Orwell: Author, Journalist and Critic, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- George Orwell 2025 UK £2 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- George Orwell (coin range page), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- £2 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK £2 Mintage Figures (last updated 27 August 2026), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Annual Coin Sales, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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