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I got the £1 and the 50p in the same bit of change this week so that's my set complete. I like the new designs much more than I thought I would but I think the £1 is a bit disappointing though with just the shield and a plain background. It looks a bit cheap. Quite apt really at the moment.
Kennamatic | Homepage | 21.12.08 - 9:18 a.m. | #
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I have a 50p 
(banks currently have bags full of them if you ask)
Blue Witch | Homepage | 21.12.08 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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Ah, the 'Broken Britain' series.
I had the full set at one time but I keep trading them in for goods and services.
Matt | 21.12.08 - 9:38 a.m. | #
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I really like the design concept Is there a new £2 coin too? I've not seen one of those yet
Anonymous | 21.12.08 - 9:52 a.m. | #
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When the new coins lose their shine you can tell the difference between the older and newer 1p and 2p's (previously referred to as 'coppers') because they're getting more and more attractive to magnets. Old 1 and 2ps can't be picked up with a magnet because of their high copper content.
Bina | Homepage | 21.12.08 - 9:54 a.m. | #
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"somewhere in Wales" - Ah, Llantrisant. The hole with the mint in it.
Pedantic of Purley | 21.12.08 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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I love the new coins. I liked them on the screen and they look just as handsome in the flesh (or whatever the coin equivalent is). For once, something new that looks new and isn't crap. Hurrah.
disgruntled | Homepage | 21.12.08 - 11:40 a.m. | #
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How different it all seems from outside 'the aquarium' of the U.K.
Ugly, unwieldy coins (50p, 20p), much too big for their value.. (2p,1p)
and of course, in the ever more neurotic UK, we now have retro-coins (the decimal coins were the first modern coins to have numerals on them) to use on the retro-RMs and then we can all pretend that things are just like they used to be..
It's all much too sad to even want to laugh at..
IsarSteve | Homepage | 21.12.08 - 11:49 a.m. | #
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.. and what did Frank Pick wisely say?.. the test of good design is when something is 'fit for purpose'.
That the numerals have been left off the coins in the rush for some 'modern design' that will clearly look very outdated within ten years, is comment enough... oh, but then there'll be the Euro
IsarSteve | Homepage | 21.12.08 - 12:00 p.m. | #
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I'm in with the 'need numerals on the tails side' crowd. I'm currently trying to teach my five year old daughter the value of money. She is fairly good on her numbers, but not that hot on words at the moment, so show her two coins without numbers, ask her which one she would rather have and, yep, she goes for the shiny new two p over the battered pound coin every time.
Marc | 21.12.08 - 2:32 p.m. | #
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I think the new designs are splendid, but you know what? I didn't notice the missing numerals until I, too was chatting about them to my five year old daughter a couple of days ago.
A bit of a gotcha.
Chris | 21.12.08 - 6:42 p.m. | #
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Asking at the bank is cheating, isn't it?
I don't collect them, as I'm a bit too vague to examine the coins in my hand for the patterns on them, let alone remember to put them aside. I had noticed these, but not that they don't have numbers on them. I'd have thought there were quite enough other coins to teach a child with, however - these are still in the minority.
Z | Homepage | 21.12.08 - 6:47 p.m. | #
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The 'New' Royal Mint. Another London industry/activity shipped out to the provinces to appease Labour marginals
Bowroaduk | 22.12.08 - 12:04 a.m. | #
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"so show her two coins without numbers, ask her which one she would rather have and, yep, she goes for the shiny new two p over the battered pound coin every time."
Another sign that my Teach Children Value spell is working. Get kids looking after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
Blue Witch | Homepage | 22.12.08 - 8:40 a.m. | #
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I know this comment's a bit late, but couldn't let bowroaduk's post pass. The Royal Mint has been in Wales since the 60s - they needed to build new headquarters prior to decimalisation and the bulding at the Tower was too small. (And Pontypridd is hardly a marginal seat, then or now).
abitcommon | 27.12.08 - 8:13 p.m. | #
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