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When James VI of Scotland became James I of England in 1603 the two
countries were united under one monarchy. Over the course of the
seventeenth century there were several attempts to bring about a closer
union between the two countries but more than a century passed before
Scotland and England were finally united under one Parliament. The Act was
passed in 1707 and to commemorate the 300th anniversary of a remarkable
union the Royal Mint has issued a special two-pound coin. Created by
Yvonne Holton, FRSA, the reverse design symbolises the joining of Scotland
and England in a political union through a rose and thistle growing from a
single stem accompanied by a portcullis to signify parliament and overlaid
with a linking device of a jigsaw. The obverse bears the portrait of the
Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley, FRBS.
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