2014 Trinity House £2 Coin
The 2014 Trinity House £2 is a circulating £2 with 3.71 million made. Value band: face value. Here is how to recognize it, what makes one worth more and what to check on yours.
- Year
- 2014
- Circulation mintage
- 3,705,000
- Value band
- Face value
- Designer
- Joe Whitlock-Blundell and David Eccles
Original illustration of the coin's shape and metal. Tap to flip. Not a picture of the actual design.
Face value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2014 Trinity House £2 worth?
3.71 million were made, so the 2014 Trinity House £2 is easy to find. A circulated one is worth face value; collectors pay a little more only for uncirculated coins and coins still in their original Royal Mint pack.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition with crisp edge lettering
- Original Royal Mint pack or presentation folder
- A genuine mint error such as a misaligned or wrong edge, confirmed by an expert
For market prices, look at recent sold results for the same coin in the same condition, not asking prices.
Quick answers
- Is the 2014 Trinity House £2 rare?
- No. 3.71 million were made, so circulated examples are worth face value.
- How many 2014 Trinity House £2 coins were made?
- 3,705,000 were struck for circulation.
- Who designed the 2014 Trinity House £2?
- The design is credited to Joe Whitlock-Blundell and David Eccles.
- What is the 2014 Trinity House £2 made of?
- Bimetallic: cupronickel center in a nickel-brass outer ring. It weighs 12.0 g and measures 28.4 mm.
- Is the 2014 Trinity House £2 still legal tender?
- Yes. Every two-metal £2 coin, commemoratives included, is legal tender in the UK.
Why the 2014 Trinity House £2 was made
Trinity House received its royal charter from Henry VIII in 1514, which makes it one of Britain's oldest institutions still doing its original job. It looks after lighthouses, buoys and other aids to navigation around England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, keeping ships away from rocks and sandbanks. It also licenses deep sea pilots and supports seafarers through its charity work. For five centuries its lights have been part of the coastline, guiding ships into port in all weathers.
For the 500th anniversary in 2014 the Royal Mint issued this £2, designed by Joe Whitlock-Blundell and David Eccles. It had a solid circulation mintage of 3,705,000, so it's a coin you can find with a little patience. The lighthouse theme makes it popular with people who love the sea and with collectors who focus on maritime subjects. Its edge sums up the organization's purpose in three words. It shared 2014 with the first of the First World War coins, which makes that year one of the more varied for £2 designs in change.
How to recognize it
A lighthouse lamp sits at the heart of the design with beams of light shining out to the left and right. The inscription 1514 TRINITY HOUSE 2014 surrounds it, with TWO POUNDS below. The edge reads SERVING THE MARINER. It's a bold, simple image. Look at the lines of the light beams: on a well kept coin they are clean and separate, while on a worn one they start to blur together. No other £2 of this period shows a lighthouse, so the design is hard to confuse with anything else. Joe Whitlock-Blundell and David Eccles designed it as a joint project.
The other side carries Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, used from 1998 to 2015.
2014 Trinity House £2 by the numbers
In mintage terms the 2014 Trinity House £2 ranks 20th lowest of 42 circulating £2 coins with a published mintage. The next scarcer is the 2009 Robert Burns £2 (3.25 million); the next more common is the 2009 Charles Darwin £2 (3.9 million).
For scale, the most common is the 2005 End of World War II (VE Day 60) £2 with 10.2 million, about 2.8 times as many. The scarcest is the 1989 Claim of Right £2 with 381,400, 9.7 times fewer than this one.
It was released in 2014 alongside 1 other circulating £2 design: the First World War Outbreak (5.72 million). The 2014 Trinity House £2 was the scarcest of the year.
What to check on your 2014 Trinity House £2
- Read the edge. It should say SERVING THE MARINER. A wrong or missing edge inscription is the quickest sign of a counterfeit.
- Check the two metals: a silver-colored center and a gold-colored ring, with the ring tight and level all the way around.
- Weigh it: a genuine two-metal £2 weighs 12.0 g. Fakes are often a little light and softer in detail.
- Compare the portrait and lettering with a known genuine coin. Blurry letters, a flat portrait or uneven spacing point to a copy.
At 3,705,000 the Trinity House £2 is a mid-range mintage for its denomination and circulated coins are face value. Uncirculated examples with crisp beams carry at most a small premium. It is not a usual target for counterfeiters. The Royal Mint sold it in brilliant uncirculated packs. A pack coin has smooth, flawless fields, while circulated ones pick up nicks and dull quickly. It makes a good companion to other maritime coins such as the Mary Rose £2 or the 2015 Royal Navy coin.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Denomination | 2 pounds |
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
| Year | 2014 |
| Circulation mintage | 3,705,000 |
| Composition | Bimetallic: cupronickel center in a nickel-brass outer ring |
| Weight | 12.0 g |
| Diameter | 28.4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Lettered: SERVING THE MARINER |
| Designer | Joe Whitlock-Blundell and David Eccles |
| Portrait | Rank-Broadley |
Other 2014 £2 coins
| Coin | Circulation mintage | Value band |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 First World War Outbreak £2 Coin | 5,720,000 | Face value |
Frequently asked questions
What is Trinity House on the £2 coin?
Trinity House is the body that looks after lighthouses and other navigation aids around England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. Henry VIII chartered it in 1514, so the 2014 coin marks its 500th anniversary.
Is the Trinity House £2 rare?
Not really. The Royal Mint struck 3,705,000 for circulation, a middling figure for a commemorative £2. It's less common than the biggest issues but far easier to find than low mintage coins such as the Mary Rose or Royal Navy £2.
Mintage figures: Two pound coin (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Mint figures. How we build these pages.