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 Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Great Britain to release new circulating designs for 2008
Posted by george

Great Britain has released the new designs for circulating coins, which will be released during the summer of 2008.

It is a full shield on the 1 pound coin, and portions of the shield on the lower denominations, so that they form a full shield. They are the same size and shape as the current coins.

Graphically, they are neet, pratically, I think it is silly, and that comes from a collector of British Coinage since 1974!

You can see the designs and story at the BBC.

The artist will receive over $60,000 for his efforts.

George

 



4/2/2008 4:33:32 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [1]
4/5/2008 12:56:10 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
After the loss of Britannia, I was pleasantly very surprised to see the historical focus of the coins. I must say that I really like them. Thanks for the post!
Nathan B. |n dot baumanAT NOSPAMcuratorandcollector dot com
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