UK 2023 Charles III regular circulation series unveiled

[eurocoin]

The UK will get a thematic coin series. The designs will be as follows:

1 penny Dormouse
2 pence red squirrel
5 pence sprig of oak
10 pence capercaillie
20 pence puffin
50 pence atlantic salmon
1 pound two bees
2 pounds thistle rose dafodil clover

[Deeman]

The UK will get a thematic coin series. The designs will be as follows:

1 penny Dormouse
2 pence red squirrel
5 pence sprig of oak
10 pence capercaillie
20 pence puffin
50 pence Atlantic salmon
1 pound two bees
2 pounds thistle rose daffodil clover

Well done Charles.  

[<k>]

Let's hope that's true. I just wonder how an EU person gets the news before us Brits. 

[<k>]

<k>'s most wondrous 50 pence suggestion of 2009.

I am of course half-pleased that they stole my idea of 2009 of doing animals.

However, they have not included my brilliant genius idea of portraying a badger.


My disappointment will probably knock a couple of years off my life. 

Maybe I should sue? 

[<k>]

My ideas from long ago.

"1p. A mole, curled up and asleep.

2p. A realistically depicted daffodil, to represent one of the beautiful national emblems of Wales.

5p. A Scottish piper, standing.

10p. Stonehenge. A prehistoric monument, recognised around the world, and still standing in modern England.

20p. Big Ben, a world famous tourist sight and symbol of Parliament, the House of Commons and, ahem, democracy.

50p. A badger, our most beautiful animal.

I later stated:

I would have an adder on the 2p coin and a swan on the 10p coin, and a badger on the 50p coin.

I had no clue of what animal to put on the 20 pence coin. I remember that I started thinking along the lines of a putting a bat on it, but I changed my mind.

[<k>]

Here I quote FosseWay's old suggestions for animals on a UK coin set.

When the Mint first announced that they were planning to change the reverse designs of British coins, I thought British animals would be a fine theme for the series. Much better than what we actually got.... But anyway, my suggestion:

1p: the wren, for the same reason as it was used on the farthing: it's Britain's smallest bird for the lowest-value coin
2p: I'll go with Illustrated's suggestion of a snake (adder or grass) here -- the coin's size means you could be very creative with the snake's coils
5p: a harvest mouse -- small to echo the coin, and one of the few rodents people don't have pest problem with
10p: a kingfisher -- arguably Britain's most exotic bird
20p: I was going to suggest a sheep, but the Falklands got there first, so a cow -- Britons don't generally realise this, but we are unusual in having huge quantities of fresh milk virtually on tap because our climate favours dairy farming. Herds of dairy cattle in fields are also a quintessentially British thing.
50p: an osprey/sea eagle -- the largest and most impressive of Britain's birds, and the size of the coin would do it justice
£1: echo the previous practice of issuing nation-specific £1 coins, but use animals associated with each part of the UK
£2: a red deer stag, as the largest land animal in Britain

[chrisild]

The suspense is killing me. 

[Offa]

Here they are


https://www.westminstercollection.com/p-694U/UK-2023-New-Coinage-BU-Pack.aspx?sn=v

[<k>]

The reverse designer is simply given as The Royal Mint.

[redlock]

Reminds me very much of the New Currency Coin series of the Philippines.

[Alan71]

 
I quite like them.  Wasn't expecting anything a bit more modern so this is a nice surprise.

[chrisild]

Reminds me very much of the New Currency Coin series of the Philippines.

Maybe because of the vertical line that divides the "value area" from the "animal/plant area". Basically I like the designs (dormouse! squirrel! ); the "triple C" is ho-hum but not really disturbing. The fact that face values are indicated by digits is always a plus. Approved.

[<k>]

Dormouse - original.

Squirrel - done by Norway in the 1950s.

Capercaillie - done by Finland, pre-euro.

Puffin - done on the famous Lundy Island tokens.

Salmon - done on the Irish 2 shillings and 10 pence.

Bees - done by Malta, Italy and many others.

My favourite of the UK designs - the puffin.

My least favourite - the dormouse. It doesn't look realistic.

I'm not keen on the panel at the left. It takes up too much room.




Image © The Royal Mint.

[redlock]

Maybe because of the vertical line that divides the "value area" from the "animal/plant area".

Yes.

Overall, not a fan of this new series.

[Alan71]

Privy mark on all coins.  This does not appear on commemoratives.