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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II UEFA Euro 1996 Silver Piedfort (1996)
Circulating version: 1996 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – UEFA Euro 1996
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1996 |
| Denomination | 2 Pounds |
| Face value | £2 |
| Mintage | 7,634 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (925/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 31.960g · 0.9505 t oz |
| Diameter | 28.4mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Third crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.
A gently concave surface representing a football, with the date 1996 in two lines in the centre.
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The 1996 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II UEFA Euro 1996 – Silver Piedfort is a collector 2 pounds coin, struck in 92.5% silver. It weighs 31.96g and measures 28.4mm across. Reverse design: A gently concave surface representing a football, with the date 1996 in two lines in the centre.
7,634 were struck.
Common questions
How much is the 1996 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II UEFA Euro 1996 – Silver Piedfort worth?
No verified sale of the 1996 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II UEFA Euro 1996 – Silver Piedfort has been logged on MyCoinage yet. Its silver content is worth about £37.94 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 1996 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II UEFA Euro 1996 – Silver Piedfort different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 1996 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – UEFA Euro 1996, not the coin found in change. At 31.96g of 92.5% silver it is heavier than the 15.98g nickel circulating coin, so weighing it is the quickest check.
How do I identify the 1996 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II UEFA Euro 1996 – Silver Piedfort?
Check the weight 31.96g and diameter 28.4mm and the metal (92.5% silver) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
This is a collector version of the 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – UEFA Euro 1996. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
England hosted the tenth European Football Championship in 1996, and the Royal Mint issued a £2 coin for the occasion. It was authorised by a royal proclamation of 23 November 1995 in gold, silver and nickel brass. Sixteen teams took part, and Germany beat the Czech Republic in the final after England went out in the semi-finals.
This was the seventh and last of the single-metal £2 coins. Like the others it was legal tender but was issued as a commemorative and not for general circulation, and the bimetallic £2 followed a year later. The Royal Mint's figures give 5,141,350 struck to circulating standard. Among the single-metal coins only the 1986 Commonwealth Games £2, at 8,212,184, has a higher confirmed figure for a single design.
The reverse is by John Mills. The proclamation describes a stylised representation of a football, with the date 1996 centrally placed and encircled by sixteen small rings. The rings stand for the sixteen competing teams. There is no other lettering on this side.
Collector references note that the coin is slightly concave, so the whole reverse reads as the curved surface of a ball. The obverse, with Raphael Maklouf's portrait of Elizabeth II and the legend ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D over TWO POUNDS, was reworked to match, with a dished field and no rim or border beads. The edge is milled with the incuse inscription TENTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP.
Sources
- Two Pound Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Commemorative £2 coins struck to circulating standard, 1986-96 (archived copy of 15 March 2012), The Royal Mint, via the Internet Archive (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and design for two-pound coins commemorating the hosting of the European Football Championship in England in 1996 (London Gazette, issue 54228, pages 16191 to 16192, 29 November 1995), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- How can I dispose of commemorative £2 coins?, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Single Metal Two Pound Coins 1986-1996, Check Your Change (read 9 Oct 2026)
- £2 Pre-1997: Football, Change Checker (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Decimal Two Pounds, Coins of England and Great Britain (Tony Clayton) (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Why does the edge inscription on the £2 and £1 coins sometimes appear "upside down"?, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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