United Kingdom: New Pound Coin for 2017

The Royal Mint in the UNITED KINGDOM recently announced a strikingly different £1 (1 Pound) coin that will be produced in a couple of years. The current pound coin is round, comprised of nickel-brass, has a milled (also known as reeded) edge, and has a 22.5 mm diameter. As shown in the Royal Mint video below, the UK's new pound coin will be bimetallic and shaped like a dodecagon (12-sided), similar in shape to the Cook Islands $5 circulating coin. Fifteen-year-old David Pearce submitted his coin design in a September 2014 public design competition. Despite David's young age, he won the competition! The pound's new reverse (tails side) will be his design or one similar to it, which features the four floral emblem representing each territory of the United Kingdom. England is represented by the Tudor rose, Northern Ireland is represented by a shamrock, Scotland is represented by a thistle plant, and Wales is represented by leeks. The four plants are cleverly conjoined together near a crown, obviously representing unity of the four territories.
Link to Royal Mint's blog post (opens in new tab/window)

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Posted by The Royal Mint on Wednesday, March 18, 2015