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Royal Mint Celebrates Life of Jane Austen with UK £2 Coin

Jane Austen 2 Pounds - Royal Mint UK

Limited numbers of circulation versions to be released at key Jane Austen locations on the anniversary of her death

For 200 years, Jane Austen has delighted readers across the world with her Regency-era romances. Now, The Royal Mint is celebrating her life by featuring her portrait on a new commemorative UK £2 coin for 2017.

The 1,000-year-old organization also plans to release a limited number of the Jane Austen coins into circulation on July 18, the anniversary of her death, at key locations around Winchester and Basingstoke that have connections with the Hampshire author. The circulating coins will be issued more widely across the UK later this year.

Director of the Royal Mint Museum, Dr. Kevin Clancy, said: “Jane Austen’s novels were well known for their treatment of subjects such as money, with stories often focused on wealth and social status, so it is apt that this well-loved British author will now be featured on UK coinage.”

The coin was designed by Royal Mint Graphic Designer Dominique Evans and features the silhouette of Jane Austen, set in a period frame against a backdrop of Regency wallpaper.

Dominique said: “From the first brief, through to the final design, it was a delight to research Jane Austen’s life in detail. I imagined her framed silhouette as if it were in one of the houses featured in Jane Austen’s books, on the wall of a corridor as guests passed by to attend a dance, perhaps in Pride and Prejudice, or on the wall in the home of Emma.”

The coin is available at www.royalmint.com in a range of finishes, from a collectable Brilliant Uncirculated edition to precious metal commemorative coins in silver and gold.

The Jane Austen 2017 UK £2 Coin Range

  • The Jane Austen 2017 £2 Brilliant Uncirculated coin
  • The Jane Austen 2017 £2 Silver Proof coin
  • The Jane Austen 2017 £2 Gold proof coin

Jane Austen had her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, published anonymously in 1811 at the age of 35, and went on to become one of the best-loved authors in the world.

The Designer

Dominique Evans is a Royal Mint Graphic Designer, and for 12 years has been bringing to life the rich and interesting stories behind the coins and medals the organization produces. After studying Graphic Design at the University of Brighton, she worked across a variety of fields in her design career, in roles reflecting her love for fashion, interior design and product design. Dominique’s first design for The Royal Mint was for a Bullion coin commemorating the Gold Standard. This is her first circulating coin design.

The Royal Mint
The Royal Minthttps://www.royalmint.com/
The Royal Mint has an unbroken history of minting British coinage dating back over 1,100 years. Based in the Tower of London for over 500 years, by 1812 the Mint had moved out of the Tower to premises on Tower Hill in London. In 1967, the building of a new Royal Mint began on its current site in South Wales, UK, to accommodate the minting of UK decimal coinage. Today, the Mint is the world’s largest export mint, supplying coins to the UK and overseas countries.

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