(574)  A £2 BROWNIE FOR THE UNION TERCENTENARY

 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced on 15 June 2006 that a new £2 coin would be issued in 2007 to commemorate the 1707 Union of Scotland and England.  Alex Salmond MP, leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party, dubbed the coin a Brownie”:  “full of brass