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Top picture: The soon to fade away coin. Bottom picture: The New coin
The last ever round £1 coins are rolling off the Royal Mint press
this month before the iconic design is replaced by a new-look coin.
The
round pound has traditionally celebrated all four countries of the
United Kingdom, by depicting English, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh
landmarks in turn.
More than 2.2billion £1 coins have been created since the design was launched in 1983.
Royal
Mint coin press setter, John Jones, who was working in the Circulating
Coin Production team at the time of the launch, recalled: “We were
really proud when we got the £1 business. It was a feather in our caps
to be striking it. Prince Charles came to strike the first one, and we
all lined up to watch him arrive.”
The new coin is expected in 2017
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