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Strike Your Own Royal George Orwell £2 coin with rare error edge. While other 2025 George Orwell coin feature the words 'THERE WAS TRUTH AND THERE WAS UNTRUTH' on the edge, this one reads 'IN SERVITO OMNIUM'. That's the edge inscription use on defintive £2s. Struck at the Royal Mint Experience on 20 January 2025, this coin is one of just a handful struck by visitors from the wrong pre-made blank. The error occured as the Strike Your Own design had recently been changed that morning. The error was quickly corrected but these scarce 2025 George Orwell BU £2s have since become a sought-after item among serious UK coin collectors who are interested in ultra-rare modern currency.
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Visitors to The Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, Wales, have the opportunity to strike their own coin as part of their tour. The design for these Strike Your Own coins changes regularly, often featuring newly released commemorative 50p and £2 coins.
The obverse of this Strike Your Own coin features Martin Jennings' definitive coinage portrait of King Charles III with a legend around which reads 'CHARLES III · D · G · RE · F · D · 2 POUNDS · 2025 ·'.
The 2025 George Orwell £2 features a new design by Henry Gray, inspired by Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which centres on an eye-like security camera with 'BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU' around the pupil and 'GEORGE ORWELL' below.
The edge of this £2 coin should read 'THERE WAS TRUTH AND THERE WAS UNTRUTH' but instead features the edge inscription from the definitive £2; 'IN SERVITIO OMNIUM'. This error appears to have occurred because left-over blanks with the edge pre-struck were used with the new Orwell design for a few hours.
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