Specification: £2 (.925) silver proof Piedfort part plated in fine gold, weight: 24 grams, diameter: 28.40 mm, mintage only 4,000.
Beautiful, Swift and Deadly
Arguably the most famous aircraft ever built, and almost certainly the most famous aircraft ever to fly with the Royal Air Force, the Supermarine Spitfire first flew in 1936. Designed by Reginald Mitchell, its sleek, streamlined fuselage, beautiful elliptical wing shape and incomparable Rolls Royce Merlin engine make it perhaps the most graceful fighter aircraft ever designed.