Issued: 12,649 individual coins, plus coins in sets. variety: The 2017 United Kingdom Premium Proof Coin Set, mintage 3,755 (not included in the above set)Ģ3.03 mm, 10.47 g of sterling silver the outer ring is selectively gold-plated. The 2017 United Kingdom Proof Coin Set Collector Edition, mintage 7,701 variety: Coins of Your Wedding Year 2017, mintage unknown (included in the above set) variety: My First Coins & Baby Journal (2017), mintage unknown (included in the above set) Issue price: £10.00.Ģ017 United Kingdom Annual Coin Set - The Coins of 2017, mintage 28,478ġ3 coins: £5 King Canute, £5 House of Windsor, £2 Britannia, £2 Jane Austen, £2 Aviation, £1 Nations of the Crown, 50p, 50p Sir Isaac Newton, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p, 1pĢ017 United Kingdom Definitive Coin Set - The Definitive Coins of 2017, mintage 13,547Ĩ coins: £2 Britannia, £1 Nations of the Crown, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p, 1p Milled interrupted - grooves on alternate sidesīrilliant Uncirculated in presentation folder His initials, DP, are in the right field under the crown. The design was created by David Pearce who won a public competition at the age of 15. Repeated multiple times in micro-text around the rim, the date: 2017. The reverse design, known as Nations of the Crown, represents the United Kingdom and its four constituent parts - Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England and features their floral emblems, respectively the English rose, the Welsh leek, the Scottish thistle and the Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within a royal coronet.Īround below, the value and denomination: ONE POUND. A security feature is a "latent image" under the Queen's effigy - something like a hologram that changes from a £ symbol to the number 1 when the coin is seen from different angles. Repeated multiple times in micro-text around the rim: ONE POUND. In small letters below the head, the artist's initials J.C (for Jody Clark). Translated from Latin: 2017 Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith. Running continuously around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: 2017 The obverse of the coin depicts the crowned old head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem crown worn for her Coronation (effigy known as the "Fifth Portrait"). Visit the Royal Mint web site for the latest coin releases The new design is intended to make counterfeiting (which affected the earlier type significantly) more difficult, and also has an undisclosed hidden security feature called "iSIS" (Integrated Secure Identification Systems), thought to be a code embedded in the top layer of metal on the obverse of the coin, visible only under a specific wavelength of ultraviolet light.Ĭoins issued in 2017 have now been circulating for six years.ħ49,761,142 (749.8 million), Rarity: C3 (Extremely Common) Another security feature is micro-lettering - very small lettering on the lower inside rim on both sides of the coin, "ONE POUND" on the obverse (“heads”) side and the year of production on the reverse side, for example "2016", "2017" etc. Bimetallic means it is made of two metals - the outer ring is gold coloured (nickel-brass) and the inner ring is silver coloured (nickel-plated non-ferrous alloy).Ī security feature is a "latent image" - something like a hologram that changes from a "£" symbol to the number "1" when the coin is seen from different angles. The coin has a 12-edged shape, similar to the pre-decimal brass threepence coin it has roughly the same size as the previous £1 coin, and is bi-metallic like most £2 coins. The new 12-sided £1 coin was introduced into circulation in the United Kingdom on 28th March 2017, with coins minted earlier and dated 2016. A large number of reverse designs were issued in this format until it was discontinued in 2016, and its legal tender status withdrawn at midnight on Sunday 15th October 2017. The original coin was round and was made of nickel-brass. The coin was introduced in 1983 to replace the Bank of England one pound note which ceased to be issued at the end of 1984. The British one pound (£1) coin is a circulating denomination of the Pound Sterling.
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