The Royal Mint will in 2020 issue commemorative 2 pounds coins with the following themes:
- 100th anniversary of the first publication of a book by Agatha Christie.
- 75th anniversary of VE-Day.
Centenary of the publication of Agatha Christie’s first bookDesign depicts a nearly completed jigsaw puzzle with the final piece about to be inserted,
accompanied by the inscription ‘1920 100 YEARS OF MYSTERY 2020’ and Agatha Christie’s signature.
The edge inscription ‘little grey cells’ is credited by Poirot as the reason he was able to solve complex and mysterious cases.
75th Anniversary of VE DayDesign depicts a woman holding a newspaper aloft in a celebrating crowd set against the backdrop of the word VICTORY, accompanied by the inscription ‘VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY’ and the dates ‘1945-2020’.
The edge inscription 'just triumph and proud sorrow' is contained in a message from the King to his peoples broadcast on 8 May 1945:
“There is great comfort in the thought that the years of darkness and danger in which the children of our country have grown up are over and, please God, for ever. We shall have failed, and the blood of our dearest will have flowed in vain if the victory which they died to win does not lead to a lasting peace, founded on justice and established in good will. To that, then, let us turn our thoughts on this day of
just triumph and proud sorrow and then take up our work again, resolved as people to do nothing unworthy of those who have died for us and to make the world such a world as they would have desired, for their children and for ours.”