- Produced by The Royal Mint.
- Struck in .500 quality silver.
- 1937 was the first year in which this version of the Two Shillings silver coin was released, marking the start of the reign for King George VI, after officially ascending to the throne on 11th December 1936.
- 1937 was the first year in which the inscription 'Florin' was not featured on the coin.
- In previous years, the inscription 'Florin', was featured as the denomination for the coin until 1937, when it was replaced with 'Two Shillings', as the official denomination.
- The floral symbols of the United Kingdom are illustrated on the reverse of the coin, a design by George Kruger Gray CBE.
- The Tudor Rose is prominently featured on the reverse of the coin, symbolising England, which is crowned with the heraldic 'Tudor Crown', design, also known as the 'Imperial Crown', design.
- The Tudor Rose was created by King Henry VII after the Wars of the Roses, with the union of the House of York and the House of Lancaster, commemorating the start of the Tudor dynasty.
- The Tudor Crown, also known as the Imperial Crown, was a crown created in the early 16th century for either King Henry VII or King Henry VIII, the first Tudor monarchs of England. The crown was destroyed in 1649 during the English Civil War.
- The reverse of the coin features the Thistle of Scotland and the Shamrock of Ireland, to the left and right of the Tudor Rose.
- Below the Thistle of Scotland is the letter 'G', which represents the word 'George', with the letter 'R', featured below the Shamrock of Ireland, an abbreviation of the Latin 'Rex', which translates as 'King', in English.
- The Latin inscription around the reverse of the coin, 'FID : DEF : : IND : IMP', an abbreviation of 'FIDEI DEFENSOR INDIAE IMPERATOR', translates as 'Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India', in English.
- The inscription featuring the denomination and the year 'TWO SHILLINGS 1937', is displayed around the reverse of the coin, underneath the floral symbols of the United Kingdom.
- The initials 'KG', of the artist George Kruger Gray CBE who created the design are shown at the bottom on the reverse of the coin, divided at either side of the stem, of the Tudor Rose.
- Designed by Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE, the obverse of the coin features the first uncrowned portrait of King George VI, after officially ascending to the throne on 11th December 1936.
- The Latin inscription around the obverse of the coin, 'GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX', an abbreviation from 'GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX', translates as 'George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains', in English.
- The initials 'HP', of the artist Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE who created the uncrowned portrait of King George VI, are displayed on the obverse of the coin, below the neck of the portrait.
- Released into general circulation in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
