In 2009 the Royal Mint released a Limited Issue Silver Proof 6 Coin collection of all the Coinage from the United Kingdom.
Included in this set is the new £5 Five Pound Silver Proof Coin which commemorates the 500th Anniversary of the Accession, three new £2 Two Pound Silver Proof Coins, one commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns, the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and the Britannia £2 Two Pound Silver Proof Coin which has been struck in Fine .958 Silver. Also included is the Matthew Dent £1 One Pound Silver Proof Coin and the new 50p Fifty Pence Silver Proof Coin which commemorates the 250th Anniversary of Kew Gardens.
The obverse design of each coin has the stunning portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.