25 November 2009

Have you spotted the new British coins in circulation?

Seven of the United Kingdom’s coins - 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 coins - have new innovative designs on the reverse and are now in circulation alongside original designs. Have you spotted any of the new coins?

The coins, when put together, create parts of the Shield of the Royal Arms.


1p shows part of the harp or Ireland and a lion's head from England
2p Rampant lion representing Scotland
5p mixture of all parts of the shield
10p Two Lions representing England
20p back end of a lion representing England
50p Harp representing Ireland and two lions representing England
£1 shows the complete Shield of the Royal Arms
(Wales is not represented on the shield. find out why here)

The £2 coin remains unchanged.

Follow this link to learn more about British money

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5 comments:

  1. I have not come across many of the new coins. I would say less than a dozen coins I have received in change have been of the new design.
    Thanks for explanation of what they represent.
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  2. I'd wondered about these and we've enjoyed collecting them.
    Thank you for explaining. There must be a coin presentation set available - this encourages me to hunt that down.
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  3. There are several coin presentation sets to choose from. http://www.royalmint.com
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  4. It was interesting to find out about what these coins look like and represent.
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  5. Hi i have the old money ,and im coming to london on vocation ,please tell me how can i exchange this money and wher?
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