2016 Shakespeare Tragedies Skull £2 BU CC Certified

Description

The William Shakespeare £2 coins were issued in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of his death.

The set of 3 coins include Histories, Comedies and Tragedies as a reference to the genre of plays written by Shakespeare.

The Skull £2 coin as it is often known was created to represent Shakespeare’s Tragedies and includes the start of a well know quote from a play called Hamlet on the coin edge: WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS A MAN.

The coin shows a prop from the play, a human skull and a rose.