2 Pounds - Elizabeth II XVII Commonwealth Games - Northern Ireland Silver Proof (2002)

We have no sold price for this coin yet. This range is the middle of what 12 similar coins sold for as issued: the same denomination and metal, struck within 5 years. Treat it as a guide, not a valuation.

• 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II XVII Commonwealth Games - England – Silver Proof (2002) £21.07
• 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II XVII Commonwealth Games - Scotland – Silver Proof (2002) £22.05
• 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II DNA Double Helix – Silver Proof (2003) £29.59
• 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Marconi Telegraph – Silver Proof (2001) £48.47
• 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Steam Locomotive – Silver (2004) £30.07

About the 2002 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II XVII Commonwealth Games - Northern Ireland – Silver Proof

The 2002 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II XVII Commonwealth Games - Northern Ireland – Silver Proof is a collector 2 pounds coin in the Commonwealth Games series, struck in 92.5% silver. It weighs 12g and measures 28.4mm across. Reverse design: A moving figure of an athlete holding a banner, divided into lines to symbolise lanes of a running track with Northern Irish flag, legend and denomination right.

2,553 were struck.

Common questions

History and design

This is a collector version of the 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II – XVII Commonwealth Games - Northern Ireland. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.

The 2002 Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland £2 is one of four coins issued for the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester, one for each home nation. The four share a design and differ only in a small flag. They were authorised together by a royal proclamation given on 18 July 2001.

This is the one collectors look for. The Royal Mint's figures give 485,500 struck for circulation, the lowest of the four (Wales 588,500, England 650,500, Scotland 771,750) and the lowest of any circulating £2 in the Mint's published data. The Mint puts it first in its own list of the rarest £2 coins. For scale, 13,024,750 standard Technology £2 coins were struck in the same year.

The reverse is by Matthew Bonaccorsi. A stylised athlete in motion holds a banner aloft, its upper part divided into fine lines that suggest the lanes of a track or swimming pool. In front of the figure are the inscription XVII COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2002 and the value, shown as £2 in figures. Behind the figure is a small circular cartouche holding the flag that identifies the coin. Here it is the Ulster Banner: a St George's cross with the Red Hand of Ulster, a star and a crown at its centre.

The edge is milled with the incuse inscription SPIRIT OF FRIENDSHIP MANCHESTER 2002. The obverse carries the fourth coinage portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the legend ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF.