New British coinage

[0iD]

New coins unveiled with winning design - Home News, UK - The Independent

New coins unveiled with winning design

The winning entry in a public competition to design the first new British coin series for nearly 40 years was unveiled today.

Matthew Dent, 26, from Bangor, North Wales, will have his work stamped on billions of coins for decades to come.

His designs, which feature parts of the royal coat of arms, have been picked to feature on the "reverse" of the 1p through to the £1.

They will partner the familiar Queen's head image on the other side.

[matty-hodgson]

we're getting a new set of coins?!

hopefully they'll mess up again and make 1 of them meltable like they did with the 50p's

if you have any pre-1997 50p's you can melt it with a solder iron..

edit: ROFL @

Wales

[santa claus]

we're getting a new set of coins?!

hopefully they'll mess up again and make 1 of them meltable like they did with the 50p's

if you have any pre-1997 50p's you can melt it with a solder iron..

Thus cleverly making it completely valueless?

[Merlin4458]

why is that a hope. melting jsut makes its value go...

[pollaxe]

I quite like the design. £35,000 an 'acceptable sum?' I designed something Royal Mail/Post Office used for years and years (and may still be using) and all I got was an enevelope with some balloons and badges. Bah.

Fortunately, I'm not bitter.

[matty-hodgson]

Thus cleverly making it completely valueless?

it's fun to do though..

i took the middle out of a £2 coin once and when i put it back in i put it in the wrong way round.. so if you come across this coin it's most likely from me.. she'll have a few pointy chisel marks in her face from me whacking it!

[santa claus]

I quite like the design. £35,000 an 'acceptable sum?' I designed something Royal Mail/Post Office used for years and years (and may still be using) and all I got was an enevelope with some balloons and badges. Bah.

Fortunately, I'm not bitter.

Things have changed since ye olde Victorian times eh?

it's fun to do though..

[mycarsavw]

I quite like the design. £35,000 an 'acceptable sum?' I designed something Royal Mail/Post Office used for years and years (and may still be using) and all I got was an enevelope with some balloons and badges. Bah.

Fortunately, I'm not bitter.

You actually got a similar some to the lad in the first post and a lifetime supply of first class stamps.

They posted it to you though and somewhere, some chap called Poollox is laughing at your misfortune and rubbing his hands with glee at RM's inability to deliver anything to the correct address.

[TheAnimus]

I quite like the design. £35,000 an 'acceptable sum?' I designed something Royal Mail/Post Office used for years and years (and may still be using) and all I got was an enevelope with some balloons and badges. Bah.

Fortunately, I'm not bitter.

go on tell us, what did you design?

[WLC-1989]

I must say, I actually quite like the look of these new coins. Modern and quite classy.

[SiM]

go on tell us, what did you design?

He designed the Queen's lingerie

[matty-hodgson]

He designed the Queen's lingerie

wonder what that looked like!

i've a feeling you missed a at the end of that line aswell so i'll add it in for you..

[sammyc]

go on tell us, what did you design?

yes tell us Pollaxe, tell us, do ..

quite like the coins, esp. as was expecting something much more like euro-mickey-mouseski money.... do still miss the old half crown & thrupenny bit etc tho..

[Funkstar]

I like it.

I was expecting something rather less original it has to be said.

[MadduckUK]

also would like to kno what pollaxe designed

btw, considering the utter dross that was the Olympic logo, these look rather good

[kidzer]

Yeah, I like - I'll probably never notice it, but its nice to know they look quite cool.

Another vote for Pollaxe revealing what he designed for RM!