Minted…
A competition to redesign the first new British coin series for 40 years was announced today. The winning design was created by a 26 year old lad from Bangor, Gwynedd. His design was chosen out of over 4000 entries.
All six designs from the 1p through to the 50p coins can be pieced together to form a complete image of the royal shield of arms which has virtually stayed unchanged since the reign of Queen Victoria. The £1 coin features the complete shield. The £2 coin has not been redesigned.
It was only announced today and already the debates have started. Some people loving them, some hating them. Myself, I quite like them*. It’s a new clean and fresh design in my opinion. Definitely not worth £5995 for a Platinum Edition Box Set mind, but still nice. I’ll just save up £1.88, collect the coins and stick them to a piece of cardboard, but that’s my Scottish blood kicking in. 
* For those of you about to slate me for liking them, get over the fear! Change is good. Well most change. We’ll not mention the London 2012 Olympic Games logo…
Link: Royal Mint New Designs
