How Far Back Can We Go? Fourth Edition! - Ended At 1461 Waiting On 1460 C. E. (A. H. 864) -

Here's the second commemorative British 2-pound coin issued in 2005. It shows St Paul's Cathedral in London and was issued to commemorate 60 years since the end of WW2. It's one of the commemoratives most frequently encountered in circulation!

Sometimes we don't see enough nickels ...

2005-S Minnesota State Quarter Proof

2€ Greece CC 2004. Olympic games in Athenes.



This is the last 2€ CC for me since 2004 was the first year CC's were issued.

How could you not think of monkey & kiwi

And the second commemorative The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial

Collecting UK coins was a bit cheaper back in 2004, as that year only one commemorative two-pound coin was issued. This commemorates Richard Trevithick, who had built the world's first railway locomotive 200 years earlier. At that time railroads were just short lines serving quarries and mines. Trevithick built a small circular track in London and operated the first passenger trains in 1808 - it was considered like a fairground ride, but it did show the potential for railroads as a form of transportation. Incidentally, the fare on that first train was one shilling:

2004: 1 centavo from East Timor.