The new "reverse" designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 coins partner the Queen's head on the flip side.
The coins, when put together, form the Shield of the Royal Arms. Parts of the shield are represented on each coin.
2p Rampant lion representing Scotland
5p mixture of all parts of the shield
10p Two Lions representing
20p back end of a lion representing
50p Harp representing Ireland and two lions representing
£1 shows the complete Shield of the Royal Arms (Wales is not represented on the shield. find out why here)
The £2 coin will remain unchanged.
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What a pity a great opportunity has been missed with the new design which I find very ugly and meaningless in a way that the old designs were not.
ReplyDeleteI agree that these new issues of our coinage do look ugly, they look like coins that have been miss struck, pity we have to have our coinage mucked about with. Rule number one. If it aint broke dont try to fix it!!!
ReplyDeletethese r coooooollll coins
ReplyDeleteWho designed the coins?
ReplyDeleteThe designer is 26-year-old Matthew Dent, originally from Bangor who now lives and works in London as a graphic designer
ReplyDeletethe coins are great and a nice collection when all together, we collect a shield for each of our kids, it even more great for us as our new baby girl will have these with the year of her birth,
ReplyDeleteI must say looking at these changes in the coins has given me quiet the unpleasent feeling i must they should have chose something more tasteful or left it alone
ReplyDeleteI've been out of the UK for about 5 years now, and this is the first time I've seen these new design coins. I'm not really all that impressed, to be honest. I understand what they're about, but to view them individually, they look like pieces of a broken puzzle. Not really representative of the coins of the realm.
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