In 2001 the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue solid 22 Carat Gold Proof Sovereign 4 Coin Set and includes the £5 Five Pound Piece, £2 Double Sovereign, Full Sovereign, Half Sovereign.
Whilst the £5, Full Sovereign and Half Sovereign remain unchanged and continue to feature Pistrucci's St George and The Dragon, the 2001 £2 Two Pound Double Sovereign Coin carries a new design to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Marconi's First Wireless Transmission.The reverse, created Robert Evans, celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the first wireless transmission across the Atlantic. The very idea of sending wireless signals to the other side of the world had been dismissed as fantasy by the scientific establishment, but Marconi was determined to prove otherwise.
The obverse of all the coins are a stunning portrait of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Ian Rank Broadley.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.