2022 Alexander Graham Bell £2 BU Coin in Capsule

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When it comes to landmark innovations, few inventions have had the global impact of the humble telephone. First patented in 1876, the revolutionary device has gone on to become a must-have piece of technology, with an estimated 82.9% of the United Kingdom’s population owning a smartphone. The man responsible for this phenomenon was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish inventor with a strong background in communication, owing to the fact that both his mother and his wife were deaf, whilst his father was a teacher of elocution.

Bell’s research into the harmonic telegraph – a device that could send multiple messages simultaneously over a single telegraph wire – ultimately led him to create his greatest invention, which was the telephone, achieving the first successful voice transmission on 10 March 1876. Whilst telephone technology has come a long way since then, one thing that hasn’t changed is the world’s desire to stay connected, which makes Bell’s invention one of the most crucial innovations in recent times.