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Friday, 04 April 2008 18:07 |
In April of 2008 the British Royal Mint has announced that the British coins would feature a new design. Thus British currency officially started changing its coinage. It is worth mentioning that the old designs of British coins were used for about 4 decades. Before April of 2008 United Kingdom currency included coins with the image of Her Majesty The Queen on one side. For many centuries British coins featured the engraved images of kings and queens.
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Read more... [Old British Currency and New British Coins]
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Sunday, 09 December 2007 05:42 |
Since 1971, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has used a decimal system, one pound valuing 100 pence.
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Read more... [British Contemporary Coinage System]
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Saturday, 17 November 2007 23:00 |
Since decimalization, the coins of the United Kingdom for the first time will feature new designs. The nation will be able to see the major change in the design of the legal tender coins in the late spring of 2008. New designs will be included on coins with denominations from 1 pence to 1 pound. These will feature a more contemporaneous Britain, the one of the 21st century.
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Read more... [New 2008 Design of Britain Gold Proof Coins]
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