UK 2018 £2 The 200th Anniversary of The Publication of Frankenstein Selectively Gold Plated Silver Proof Coin

Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus has become a classic of modern literature - and a tale told and retold, time after time. The nightmare creation was born on a stormy night, when a group of friends – including Lord Byron and Percy Shelley - told each other ghost stories. A young Mary Godwin, who would later marry the poet to become Mary Shelley, was also there and her dream of a monster inspired a horror story that still fascinates 200 years later.