2012 One Pound

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One £1 coin was issued in 2012 – The standard (unchanging) annual design by Matthew Dent.

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

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Reverse Type 15 (design by Matthew Dent):

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Edge: DECUS ET TUTAMEN.

Mintage for Circulation: 35,700,030.

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 £1 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.

 

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