Isle of Man: the first circulation 2 pound coins

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Isle of Man, 2 pounds, 1986.

The Isle of Man's decimal circulation coins have usually followed the UK's precedents.

In 1986 the UK issued its first collector brass 2 pounds coin.

It was not bimetallic and was truly for collectors only.

The UK issued its first  bimetallic circulation 2 pound coin in 1997.


Apparently, the Isle of man issued its first circulation 2 pound coin in 1986.

It was made of virenium (Cu 70%, Zn 24.5%, Ni 5.5%) and was NOT bimetallic.


The reverse design featured the Tower of Refuge.

Can anybody confirm that this coin did indeed circulate back in the mid-1980s?

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Isle of Man, 2 pounds, 1987.

The final issue of the design type shown above was in 1987.

It seems that the 1986 issue had a mintmark on the reverse, but the 1987 version did not.

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It is not a mintmark, it is a commemorative mark.

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It is not a mintmark, it is a commemorative mark.

Yes, I just found out. National Sports Year.

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Isle of Man, 2 pounds, 1988.

The next Manx circulation 2 pound coin type was issued from 1988 to 1993.


It was once more monometallic, made of virenium.

The coin weighed 8.1 grams and was 28.5 mm in diameter.


The reverse featured a design of a jet plane.

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Isle of Man, 2 pounds, 1996.

The next Manx monometallic circulation 2 pound coin was issued in 1996.


The coin was also issued in 1997.

The reverse design depicted a Jaguar, Rolls-Royce and Napier in a vintage car rally.

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Isle of Man, 2 pounds, 1997.

In 1997 the Isle of Man released its first circulating bimetallic 2 pound coin.

The coin weighed 12 grams and was 28.4 mm in diameter.

The reverse design was the same as on the final virenium circulation 2 pound coin.

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Isle of Man, 2 pounds, 1987.




Isle of Man, 2 pounds, 2017.

The Manx bimetallic circulation 2 pound coin of 2017 onward features the Tower of Refuge.

The design is similar in style of that of the monometallic circulation 2 pound coins of 1986/7.

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Isle of Man, 1 pound, 1978.

See also:  Isle of Man first circulation 1 and 5 pound coins.

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