Ive found some coins that look British because theyve got the Queens head on but they don have the right designs on the “Tails” side- what are they?
A. There’s often confusion with coins as many other countries have the Queen as Heda of State and use her portrait on their coins and banknotes. they’re usually easy to spot as they tend to have the country of origin written on them too! However not every coin with an unusual design is “foreign”. The Royal Mint often introduce “one-off designs” for our coins, particularly the 50p and £2 and of course the £1 changes most years. Recently the 50p has featured the 100th anniversary of Scouting, Roger Bannister’s 4 minute mile and Samuel Johnson’s dictionary whilst the £2 coin has featured Isambard Kingdom Brunel, The End of World War II, The Gunpowder plot and the DNA double helix! And don’t forget that in April 2008 a whole new set of designs was unveiled – our coins (1p – 50p) now don’t feature individual designs but are part of a “jigsaw puzzle” that comes together to make one big picture of the Royal Shield!
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