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One £1 coin was issued in 2000. The theme is Wales and this reverse was also used in 1995.
Obverse Type 3 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Reverse Type 8 (design by Norman Sillman):
Edge: PLEIDIOL WYF I’M GWLAD.
Mintage for Circulation: 109,496,500
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)
The story behind the design:
The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK circulated coinage from 1998 to 2014 and on many coins dated 2015. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.
The reverse design shows the Welsh dragon, part of the heraldic series by Norman Sillman. The edge inscription ‘PLEIDIOL WYF I’M GWLAD’ is Welsh for ‘true I am to my country’.
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