perhaps they have numbers on the other side (?)
Interesting coin facts for the coin nerds out there
- It is estimated that almost 28 billion United Kingdom coins are in circulation, with a total face value of more than £3.5 billion. If all the circulating coins in the United Kingdom were laid out side to side, they would form a line 397,289 miles long, which is the distance it would take to travel around the world nearly 16 times.
I think this is a better picture to get what the designer was trying to accomplish:
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It does look pretty cool when arranged, but the 5p coin on it's own looks a little to busy for it's size.
I liked them ten minutes ago, but now they just look dated.
.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.
So will the current set of coins still be legal tender? I've got about £20 worth of coin in a box somewhere from my last holiday to the UK that I saved for my next holiday to the UK.
i suspect it's the same designer who made the olympia 2012 logo
... if anybody remembers that thread![]()
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.
Do want. How much will they cost?
I'm guessing the old battleaxe, I mean her majesty, on the other side?
It makes it easier for enterprising traders to rip tourists off. Think of the good it'll do our economy.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?
Just round them to the nearest 5 cents like the Aussies do. Best system ever.
^ huh? you're not serious, are you, Abstract?
much better looking than US coins imo.
Let's find out.Isn't insulting the queen still illegal over there?![]()
High treason or fair comment? I'm leaning towards the latter myself...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.
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...![]()
And at the current exchange rate you'd probably be better of getting them exchanged into dollars.