2011 One Pound

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Three different £1 coins were issued in 2011. The new standard annual (unchanging) shield of the Royal Arms design and two coins representing Cardiff and Edinburgh as part of the capital cities series.

The Standard Annual design:

Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type 15 (design by Matthew Dent):

Edge: DECUS ET TUTAMEN.

Mintage for Circulation: 25,415,000.

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. The new 2008 – 2015 coins have no rim beading on either side.

The reverse design shows the shield of the Royal Arms by Matthew Dent. The edge inscription is ‘DECUS ET TUTAMEN’, as above. Matthew (Matt) Dent won the competition to design the all-new 2008 coinage. He grew up in Wales and studied Graphic design at the University of Brighton.

 

The Capital City designs:

Both use Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type 18 (design by Stuart Devlin):

Edge: Y DDRAIS GOCH DDYRY CYCHWYN. (the red dragon inspires action)

Mintage for Circulation: 1,615,000.

Collectability/Scarcity: 2 (for scale details see here)

Reverse Type 19 (design by Stuart Devlin):

Edge: NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA. (without the Lord, in vain)

Mintage for Circulation: 935,000.

Collectability/Scarcity: 3 (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. The new 2008 – 2015 £1 coins have no rim beading on either side.

The reverse designs in the capital cities series by Stuart Devlin show the four official badges of the capital cities of the United Kingdom with magnified images of the Cardiff badge and of the Edinburgh badge for their respective themed coin. The motto of each arms is written on the edge.

 

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