The British two shillings coins was also known as florin. Which was issued from 1849 until 1967. It was worth one tenth of a pound or twenty-four old pence.
In 1968 the two shillings coins was superseded by the decimal ten pence coins. The obverse shows the left-facing effigy of the king inscribed GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX, while the reverse shows a crowned rose flanked by a thistle and shamrock, with G below the thistle and R below the shamrock, and the inscription FID DEF IND IMP TWO SHILLINGS date until 1948, and without the IND IMP from 1949, in acknowledgement of India independence.
Value = 1/10 pound sterling
Mass = 11.31g
Diameter = 28.5 MM
Edge = Milled
Composition = 75% Copper and 25%Nickel
Year of Minting = 1849 to 1970
Design = Profile of the monarch ( George VI Design shown)
