The 2020 Two Pound Coin - Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Christie, Lady Mallowan (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a English writer and is the biggest selling novelist of all time with sales of over 2 billion books (only beaten by the Bible and the Shakespeare's works).
This coin is commemorating 100 years of Agatha Christie's first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles (a Hercule Poirot novel) in 1920. It was published after being rejected six times.
Agatha Christie's 66 novels murder mystery/detective novels plus many short stories contain characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Her main works are Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None (selling over 100 million copies), Death on the Nile, The Murder at the Vicarage, Partners in Crime, The A.B.C. Murders and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
She also wrote the stage play The Mousetrap, which holds the world record for longest initial run and is still going with more that 27,000 performances.
The Reverse, by David Lawrence, shows a jigsaw puzzle with a gun, a bottle poison and the signature of Agatha Christie.The Edge Inscription reads: "LITTLE GREY CELLS"
The Obverse shows a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark.
Images used by permission of The Royal Mint
Mintage: Not known
Minted at The Royal Mint
Minted in 2020. See Coins and Events of 2020
Monarch/Ruler: Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Category: Two Pound Coins. See more Two Pound Coins coins
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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