Saint Helena and Ascension introduce 12-sided 1 pound coin

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Just "One Pound" twice on each of the 12 sides on the obverse, and the date on each side on the reverse.

Thanks, 71.

[Alan71]

St Helena-Ascension is still only the second of the six sterling/pound-at-par territories, after the Falklands, to issue the 12-sided £1.  These two were the last to issue the smaller 5p, 10p and 50p back in the late 1990s (and also the last to issue the bi-metal £2 in the first half of the 2000s).

Of the others, Jersey and Guernsey aren't issuing any £1 coins, preferring to stick with their £1 bank notes and UK 12-sided £1.  The round £1 is not legal tender in either bailiwick.

Isle of Man and Gibraltar continue to issue their own round £1 coins with apparently no sign of either of them changing.  I think both issued the smaller 5p, 10p, 50p and bi-metal £2 in the same years the UK issued theirs.

[coinote]

I visited Gibraltar late last year and tried to spend round Brititsh pound coins, all vendors refused, because when they got the coins, they checked the edge first, if it was lettered, they refused, I think you can easily spend Manx round pound coins as the edges are the same:-)

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Did you try to use any UK round pounds in the vending machines in Gibraltar?

[Pabitra]

St Helena-Ascension is still only the second of the six sterling/pound-at-par territories, after the Falklands, to issue the 12-sided £1. 

The basic requirements of bimetallic £1 to be issued, is to either get blanks from the Royal mint or get it designed and minted from the Royal mint. In case of Falklands, the design of King Charles series is different for £1 coin from the rest of the series.

Not all territories would like to do that.