2007 Two Pound Coin - Act of Union Tercentenary

In 1707 the Tercentenary of the Act of Union between England and Scotland  was passed and James I of England (who was previously James VI of Scotland) became King of both countries. The two countries moved towards a union under one monarch, although it would be another hundred years before they would unite under a single parliament. The coin celebrates 300 yeats of the Act of Union.

A design was by Yvonne Holton and the coin is divided into four quarters, with a rose and a thistle representing England and Scotland occupying two of the quarters and a portcullis in each of the other two quarters. The whole design is overlaid with a linking jigsaw motif and surrounded by the dates "1707" and "2007", and the denomination "TWO POUNDS"

Edge inscription is "UNITED INTO ONE KINGDOM".

The obverse is the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.