From the middle of this year, the UK Royal Mint will begin introducing the new coinage into the currency. I don't know what you guys think, but I reckon this lot looks pretty cool to me!!

 

 

By them selves they don't look like much, but when they're put together, you get:

 

 

Pretty cool huh?

^Them look great. :cool4:

Shiney coins :surprised:

 

Makes no difference to me but I guess they're kinda cool :)

that's so cool! our money is so boring here...i guess the state quarters spice it up a bit, but that's AWESOME.

Thats pretty amazing!

i want classier money! :sad:

 

 

*yawn*

That's awesome! How do they get the heptagonal ones in a coin machine though? Haha.

 

Can someone post pictures of the current UK currency so I can compare?

 

 

but i don't really know, seeing as i live in america. they looked pretty much like this in 2003, from what i can remember, though.

 

on the bright side, the US money (the newer stuff, like on that quarter pic that i posted above) uses the alberta (aka COLDPLAY) font :P

That is neat coinage. Individually, it reminds me of some medieval mintings.. sweet!:hat::thumbsup:

jigsaw puzzle money :D

 

So how old does the Queen look on the other side? I have a set of young Queen coins, middle aged Queen coins and old Queen coins. These must be really old Queen coins.

 

And if she punts out, do they have to round up every coin and note in the country, destroy it and re-mint all the money for the UK with the new Monarch?

If so, Chuckie or Wills? That Wills money would be sexy. Fountains might throw the Chuckie money back at you. :P

Where's the £2 coin?

^They wont be changing that for a while I think. The newest £2 coin came out in 1998.

The design on the 2 pound coin changes every year.

 

these are the old coins, i forgot lots of you won't be familiar with the UK currency.

that is AWESOME

 

man I love living in england.

 

except for the boring culture, and many yobs, and murders in broad daylight, muggings and general tom foolery.

 

it's a GREAT place :thumbsup:

hmmm so the royal symbolism slowly leaves. how long til we chuck the Queen off the other side?

hmmm so the royal symbolism slowly leaves. how long til we chuck the Queen off the other side?

 

Well they have already chucked off Wales :laugh3:

 

It seems to be a complete and utter pointless rebranding exercise, only to cause confusion with the lack of the numbers on the coins and with tourists getting mixed up with 2 different styles for each coin. Noting wrong with the current coins

that is AWESOME

 

man I love living in england.

 

except for the boring culture, and many yobs, and murders in broad daylight, muggings and general tom foolery.

 

it's a GREAT place :thumbsup:

Haha 100% agree with you on that one :P

The design on the 2 pound coin changes every year.

 

these are the old coins, i forgot lots of you won't be familiar with the UK currency.

I've never seen that one before! :stunned:

Really? That's the most common one, well it is to me.

^I've seen similar ones to that, but never that one. Maybe its something to do with living in somewhere like Canterbury :dozey:

i think i've even seen that one before! :lol: the ones i have left over from my little adventure over there look much like that, except the very center is silver-colored while the outside is gold-colored. where have you been, semy?! :P

 

i still think the new money is really, really cool!! can't wait to use it when i'm over there! i hope it's in decent circulation by 2009-2010.

Is it true or is it an American myth that your Cops don't even carry guns?

correct, they don't even carry common sense half the time

I don't think I've ever seen a cop with a gun in the uk! They just have those batton things, and their stab-proof vests!

 

That image of the 2pound coin isn't much good, its much more two toned, silver and gold in real life.

Although I actually found a gold proof of one of the Commonwealth Games 2 pound coins in my change the other day, provided I can get it authenticated, they say its worth several hundred pounds!!! :o Time will tell if thats real, but I really hope so :p

Is it true or is it an American myth that your Cops don't even carry guns?

 

Apart from the armed response unit, British transport police & the military police.

 

Although it's a mystery why the British transport police carry guns