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Royal Mint unveils new British coin designs
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Taste goes out the window
What is with you people! Wake up! These new coins are more modern pretentious crap you Brits have to put up with. The UK had, until right now, the classiest, most beautiful coinage in the world.
I think Jonathan Ive needs to be repatriated and given the task of designing the new coins himself. Either that or just keep the old ones and stop promoting try-hard designers and artists.
BTW those Euros look so 80s/90s.
What is with you people! Wake up! These new coins are more modern pretentious crap you Brits have to put up with. The UK had, until right now, the classiest, most beautiful coinage in the world.
I think Jonathan Ive needs to be repatriated and given the task of designing the new coins himself. Either that or just keep the old ones and stop promoting try-hard designers and artists.
BTW those Euros look so 80s/90s.
That number seems surprisingly small. I was just reading an article this morning about a Canadian MP tabling a Bill to discontinue our Penny, and it was stated that there are 20 billion Canadian pennies currently in circulation. Now given that the UK has roughly twice the population as Canada, and a larger economy, it does seem odd that Canada has a dis-proportionately high number of pennies as compared to the UK's total coinage.
In any event, I rather like the new coins from the UK, but I do worry that they will become out-of-fashion far more quickly than a more classic design would have.
I think this is a better picture to get what the designer was trying to accomplish:
It does look pretty cool when arranged, but the 5p coin on it's own looks a little to busy for it's size.
Very cool. I just think that on their own, they are gonna look weird and un symmetrical. But I use US currency so I dont care...
And if you think they look dated now, just wait until they actually are. After a few years they are going to lose their coolness. But it does make the ultimate coin gift (with them all arranged, like above)
Jonathan Ive? No thank you. I do not want black and white plastic coinage that discolours quickly and attracts finger marks or, indeed, ultrathin and ultralight aluminium banknotes that dent on exposure to air.
I will refrain from commenting on try-hard designers despite having to look at this iMac, here.
Those Euros ARE from the 90s, so no surprise there.
Generally with new coins/notes in the UK the old version can be used for a few years, after which you can exchange it at any bank/post office for a few more, then you'll have to take them to the Bank of England if you want to change them.
i suspect it's the same designer who made the olympia 2012 logo
... if anybody remembers that thread
... if anybody remembers that thread
i suspect it's the same designer who made the olympia 2012 logo
... if anybody remembers that thread
Wow I do remember that thread. Ridiculous design for that logo!
I think people are getting a bit confused here. These are only new designs, not new coins. the Queen's head has changed twice on UK decimal coins since they were introduced. There have also been special commemorative issues. The only time when coins have ceased to be legal tender is when they are replaced by coins of a different size. The old designs will therefore remain until the coins are resized, replaced by the Euro, or whatever. The old coins will certainly be in the majority for some time too.
I'm wondering why the coins don't have the amount in numbers on them, howver. Not very helpful for tourists who don't speak English, is it?
It makes it easier for enterprising traders to rip tourists off. Think of the good it'll do our economy.
Yep.
We are about to do the same, after we re-invent the wheel yet again, spending millions for minions to "study" the issue.
I second that motion. I do have to admit that some of our STATES quarters are pretty nice.
I love the way that they were put down in a design. Very imaginative of the mint department.
Or should I say designer.
It should have been of the Queen's face. Then you could, say, collect the Queen's nostril, or her ear, and spend them. It would almost be metaphorical.
Let's find out.Isn't insulting the queen still illegal over there?
The Queen's an inbred and as thick as the poop from her horses' backsides. She's also been hit with the ugly stick repeatedly and all her children are emotionally stunted morons because she's a bad mother.
I'll await the knock on the door
Thanks Comrade.High treason or fair comment? I'm leaning towards the latter myself...
High treason or fair comment? I'm leaning towards the latter myself...
See, you guys just need to have a revolution of your own. Granted, you don't actually have the "taxation without representation" issue to get riled up about over thar, although I guess spending millions per year on a bunch of figureheads would do the trick...
Great idea! I have a couple dozen of the old pound coins tucked away in my closet. I love them, but I don't need 20+ copies of the same souvenir.
jaffa cake
just curious....there was a time when the usa had real "HONEST" money and we used solid silver for quarters and dimes. i was wondering, since i have no knowledge of british coinage, what are the metals you use? are any all silver? are the euro's? they are making a stink in usa that the small coins are now actually costing more to produce than the value on them....what about the British coins?
just curious....there was a time when the usa had real "HONEST" money and we used solid silver for quarters and dimes. i was wondering, since i have no knowledge of british coinage, what are the metals you use? are any all silver? are the euro's? they are making a stink in usa that the small coins are now actually costing more to produce than the value on them....what about the British coins?
I can't speak for G.B. and Europe, but those days are dead and gone, at least in Canada.
The last silver in dimes and quarters was back in 1968.
And the U.S. has been off the gold standard for years and years.
They don't promise to pay to the bearer in gold anymore.
The last silver in dimes and quarters was back in 1968.
And the U.S. has been off the gold standard for years and years.
They don't promise to pay to the bearer in gold anymore.
ra noodle there's no gold or silver in British coins, at least the standard 'legal tender' lot. There might be some precious metals in some special edition coins, and in 'proof' coins that are still minted in gold and silver, but the coins that the average Englandshirer has in his pocket don't contain such metals. They're made up of...
One penny and two pence pieces: Copper-plated steel
Five, ten, twenty and fifty pence pieces: Cupro-nickel
One pound coin: Nickel-brass
Two pounds coin: Cupro-nickel (inner) and Nickel-brass (outer)
So there you go.
One penny and two pence pieces: Copper-plated steel
Five, ten, twenty and fifty pence pieces: Cupro-nickel
One pound coin: Nickel-brass
Two pounds coin: Cupro-nickel (inner) and Nickel-brass (outer)
So there you go.
Gold sovereigns and a variety of other silver, gold and platinum coins produced by the Royal Mint are legal tender, but the metal is worth many times the face value.