MY COLLECTION - ALBUM NO 2 - UNITED KINGDOM CURRENT COINS - ONE POUND

CHAPPIDI ABHIRATH REDDY
C/O COL GKS REDDY

Secunderabad - 500015

INDEX

 SUMMARY OF COUNTRIES IN ALBUM NO – TWO

 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

S NO               COUNTRY                             PAGE NO       COIN NOS     REMARKS

1.             UK (Current Coins)                  1 to 5               1 –     84
2.             UK (Obsolete Coins)               5 to 7               85 –   124
3.             France                                   7 to 8               125 – 148
4.             Greece                                   9                      149 -  156
5.             Finland                                   9 to 10             157 -  168
6.             Portugal                                 10 to 11           169 -  180
7.             Romania                                11                    181 -  186
8.             Yugoslavia                             12                    187 -  194
9.             Nederland                              12                    195 -  212
10.             Italy                                      13 to 14           213 -  238
11.             Iceland                                  14                    233 -  238
12.             Denmark                                14 to 15           239 -  256
13.             Czechoslovakia                       15                    257- 262                                           

The Current Coins of UK

          The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom is denominated in pounds sterling (symbol "£"), and, since the introduction of the two-pound coin in 1998, ranges in value from one penny to two pounds. Since decimalisation, on 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 (new) pence. From the 16th century until decimalisation, the pound was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 (old) pence. British coins are minted by the Royal Mint inLlantrisant, Wales. The Royal Mint also commissions the coins' designs. As of 30 March 2010, there were an estimated 28 billion coins circulating in the United Kingdom. 

          The first decimal coins were circulated in 1968. These were the five pence (5p) and ten pence (10p), and had values of one shilling (1/-) and two shillings (2/-), respectively, under the pre-decimal £sd system. The decimal coins are minted in copper-plated steel (previously bronze), nickel-plated steel, cupro-nickel and nickel-brass. The two-pound coin is bimetallic. The coins are discs, except for the twenty pence and fifty-pence pieces, both of which are heptagonal curve of constant width. All the circulating coins have an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, and various national and regional designs, and the denomination, on the reverse. The circulating coins, excepting the two-pound coin, were redesigned in 2008, keeping the sizes and compositions unchanged, but introducing reverse designs that each depict a part of the Royal Shield of Arms and form the whole shield when they are placed together in the appropriate arrangement. The exception, the 2008 one-pound coin, depicts the entire shield of arms on the reverse. All current coins carry a Latininscription whose full form is ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSOR, meaning "Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen and Defender of the Faith".

          My collection of UK Current coins is reasonably elaborate, as all my three daughters are residing in London and they are constantly on the lookout for circulating coins, which are not in my collection. I will be presenting my collection in four different blogs ie 1 d to 20 d as one blog, 50 d, £ 1 and £ 2 & 5 as other blogs.

One Pound Coins

One Pound – Queen Head by Arnold Machin & Ornamental Royal Coat of Arms – 1983

One Pound – Queen Head by Raphael Maklouf & Leek in a Caronet, representing Wales -1985

One pound – Queen Head by Rank Broadley & Welsh Dragon – 2000

One Pound - Thistle, sprig in a coronet, Representing Scotland – 1984

One Pound – Flax in a Coronet, Representing N Ireland - 1986

One Pound – Oak Tree in a Coronet – Representing England – 1992

One Pound – Lion Rampant, in a Flory Representing Scotland -1994

One Pound – Dragon Passant Representing Wales – 1995

One Pound – Celtic Cross and Pimpernel Representing N Ireland -1996

One Pound – Three Lions Passant Guardant Representing England – 2002

One Pound - North Rail Bridge Scotland - 2004

One Pound – Menai Suspension Bridge, Wales - 2005

One Pound – MacNeills Egyptian Arch, Newry N Ireland - 2006

One Pound – Millennium Bridge, Newcastle England – 2007

One Pound – The Shield from The Royal Coat of Arms - 2008

One Pound – Coat of Arms Belfast - 2010

One Pound - Coat of Arms London - 2010

Note - Some of the images of coins in my collection, have been taken from the Gallery to save on time & effort involved in photography & editing