200 years since the birth of a monster…

This year celebrates the 200th birthday of one of the most infamous fictional characters in historic literature – Frankenstein’s Monster!

With film adaptations across various genres, from the quasi-rock opera The Rocky Horror Picture Show to sci-fi classics like Prometheus, the tale of the dysfunctional Victor Frankenstein and his mad scientific invention is known by all of us in some shape or form.

In the gothic tale – written by Mary Shelley – an obsessed Victor Frankenstein attempts to bring a corpse back to life in his laboratory through mad methods of chemistry, alchemy and a ‘flash’ of electricity.

To celebrate this important literary bi-centenary The Royal Mint has released a commemorative £2. The reverse features the word ‘Frankenstein’ in electric gothic font, along with ‘Bicentenary of Mary Shelley’s The Modern Prometheus’ written around the edge.

The edge inscription reads ‘A spark of being’, the words of Dr Victor Frankenstein when he creates ‘creature’.

We haven’t seen anything quite like this in a coin design before and since the design was revealed at the start of the year there has been a huge response from excited collectors looking to get their hands on this unusual coin.

What do you think of this new £2 coin? Let us know in the comments below!

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Commemorate 200 years of Mary Shelley’s exceptional novel with the ‘Frankenstein’ BU £2

This striking £2 coin is now available to add to your collection in Brilliant Uncirculated quality.

Collectors interest is expected to be ‘monstrous’, so click here to order yours now >>>