Archive for April 3rd, 2008
Coin it
I just so happened to browsing around on the Royal Mint website when i stumbled upon the brand new designs for British coins (ok not really - i found this somewhere else).
Regardless of my source, these are some very nifty designs and if we took coins at JackpotCity.com bingo, we’d defo take these any day 
Here’s what the mint had to say about them:
“The new designs have been chosen via an open competition which was widely publicised in the national media in August 2005 and attracted 4,000 entries. The winning designer is 26-year-old Matthew Dent, originally from Bangor who now lives and works in London as a graphic designer.
After exploring a number of different options, Dent finally developed the heraldic theme, taking the greatest heraldic device ever used on coinage - the Royal Arms.
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The new designs will enter circulation gradually throughout the year. I The current coin designs will remain in circulation and as legal tender for the foreseeable future”
I can see my little cousins playing with coin puzzles for hours…
Thought you might find it interesting
Lester
