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 Post subject: New Coins
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 18:01 
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Conspiricy to make us accept the Euro I reckon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7326491.stm - Malc-me-do for some nasty looking coinage.

You know what my design would be? Brian May, on the top of Buck House with his guitar while explosions go off in the background. Awesome!


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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That's the winning design? One has a picture of a shield, and the rest are fragments of that same shield?

Christ, if we fuse them all together will we unlock a secret key to some underground tomb full of treasure*?


* ala tomb raider and countless other naff treasure films.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I like that.

I predict many an evening trying to arrange a shield in a pub.

Or leaving a shield as a tip.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I think they look quite cool, actually.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I think they look quite cool, actually.


Agreed. I actually like them a lot.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I like that.

I predict many an evening trying to arrange a shield in a pub.

Or leaving a shield as a tip.


It'll never work because some of them are big, some are small and they won't fit together.

If drunk this may cause people to become violent.

I still prefer my Brian May idea.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I don't like 'em myself, but I approve of the Government deciding this by competition (hope there was a decent prize!) rather than pissing away money on shite branding like they did with the Olympic logo.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I like them and look forward to assembling the set.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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Mr Dent, who lives in London, received about £35,000 for his designs.

That's decent. Hopefully he'll not be paid in coins...


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I like it. It represents how fractured Britain has become.

Also, it will probably be the last generation of British coins if they only update them every 40 years. I can’t image myself still paying for things in coppers in 2048.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I like it. It represents how fractured Britain has become.

Also, it will probably be the last generation of British coins if they only update them every 40 years. I can’t image myself still paying for things in coppers in 2048.



They redesign coins all the time, it's just this time they've done them all at once.

You just wait until the Olympics.....


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I like them.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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My major foible is; since the old coins are not being phased out, what's the point?

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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They redesign coins all the time, it's just this time they've done them all at once.

You just wait until the Olympics.....


Well, only the £1 and 50p coins get regular redesigns; the rest have all had the same basic design for decades now apart from slight tweaks and national variants (and ignoring the mini-relaunches in smaller sizes, obv.)

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I think the 20p is my favourite.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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They redesign coins all the time, it's just this time they've done them all at once.

You just wait until the Olympics.....


Well, only the £1 and 50p coins get regular redesigns; the rest have all had the same basic design for decades now apart from slight tweaks and national variants (and ignoring the mini-relaunches in smaller sizes, obv.)
I like a lot.


I'm pretty sure they've fiddled with the 20p before, and that's only been around since 1982.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I think the tuppence is best.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I think the tuppence is best.

Well that's just your two pence's worth.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I think the tuppence is best.


I like your tuppence


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I think the tuppence is best.


I like your tuppence


Thank you.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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If you collect the set, can you turn them over and form a big picture of Ian Rush?


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I suppose this means we are not getting the Euro anytime soon *sigh*

The coins themselves are great, modern while still being very much "British" looking. The 5p is my favourite, it looks like a Roman coin.

Also dropping Britainia (spelling?) will get the Daily Mailxpress into a right old lather.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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They print new coins each year. It's no real extra hassel for them to give them a makeover, especially as the mess about with the £1 and 50ps so much anyway. Plus, they're probably changing the makeup of them*. They like to do that from time to time.



*pure conjecture on my part.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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Woooh. I dunno, some of them are, like, a tiny bit sinister looking.

Also, fuck Euros or any other coinage, when do we get Credits?


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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Is the complete shield an actual heraldic device of the UK? My knowledge of heraldry isn't exactly up there. Although I know that's a lion rampant at the top right.

If it is, what's with the fucking harp?

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It denotes our love of Guinness.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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Two lions on a harp; coinage not for eating.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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Is the complete shield an actual heraldic device of the UK? My knowledge of heraldry isn't exactly up there. Although I know that's a lion rampant at the top right.

If it is, what's with the fucking harp?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat ... ed_Kingdom

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I'm surprised a Welshman chose a design with no reference to Wales.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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Is the complete shield an actual heraldic device of the UK? My knowledge of heraldry isn't exactly up there. Although I know that's a lion rampant at the top right.

If it is, what's with the fucking harp?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat ... ed_Kingdom


From that link:

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I can understand why the Scottish felt the need to add a Scottish flag to their version of the UK coat of arms, but why swap the pointy donkey and the cat around? They're just being awkward.


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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I love that there's a bit for England, a bit for Scotland, a bit for Ireland, and a bit for Wa...nah, fuck it - just do England's bit again.

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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I love that there's a bit for England, a bit for Scotland, a bit for Ireland, and a bit for Wa...nah, fuck it - just do England's bit again.


Just like the flag, isn't it.

I do think a big fuck off dragon on the Union Jack would be good, though.

Actually, just a dragon. A live one. On a flag pole.

Not sure how you'd do half-mast with that, though.

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Actually, just a dragon. A live one. On a flag pole.


Close enough

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 Post subject: Re: New Coins
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The 2p is from some kind of animal-themed goalkeeper game.


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Wales don't get one anything - only full kingdoms get a mention on the flag, apparently (although Ireland "kingdom" claim is pushing it a bit now ). Wales are only a crappy principality, so they get zip.

I like the fact that we had France on the Royal crest until 1801 - we still desperately claimed that we were in change of France as well, despite not owning any of it for about 300 years.


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Is the complete shield an actual heraldic device of the UK? My knowledge of heraldry isn't exactly up there. Although I know that's a lion rampant at the top right.

If it is, what's with the fucking harp?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat ... ed_Kingdom


From that link:

Attachment:
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I can understand why the Scottish felt the need to add a Scottish flag to their version of the UK coat of arms, but why swap the pointy donkey and the cat around? They're just being awkward.


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It used to be two unicorns. They then added the English flag and the corresponding 'Imperially crowned golden lion of England'. Apparently.


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Wales and England had formed a union when the Union Jack/Union flag (whatever) was created, and as Wales was a principality and not a separate kingdom it did not qualify to have it's own place on the flag. I saw this on the news (or maybe QI) a few months ago.

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I think I've spotted what's wrong with this country. It's got unicorns in the emblem thing.


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That's because it represents England, Scotland, Ireland and Narnia.

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I think I've spotted what's wrong with this country. It's got unicorns in the emblem thing.


The unicorn symbolises Scotland. Are you implying the Scots are what’s wrong with this country?

Racist!


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The Scots are symbolised by a horse wearing a party hat on its nose?

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The Scots are symbolised by a horse wearing a party hat on its nose?


No. The Scots are symbolised by a chained up horse wearing a party hat on its nose.


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They were chained up in their own scottish heraldic device too, though. So did the Scots see themselves as chained up even before they capitulated to their Southern neighbours? Maybe by their reliance on the French?

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They were chained up in their own scottish heraldic device too, though. So did the Scots see themselves as chained up even before they capitulated to their Southern neighbours? Maybe by their reliance on the French?


I think they saw themselves as tamed.


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Wales and England had formed a union when the Union Jack/Union flag (whatever) was created, and as Wales was a principality and not a separate kingdom it did not qualify to have it's own place on the flag. I saw this on the news (or maybe QI) a few months ago.


True, this is also why Wales has "An assembly", like the local London one and not a Parliament (Like Scotland)


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Wales and England had formed a union when the Union Jack/Union flag (whatever) was created, and as Wales was a principality and not a separate kingdom it did not qualify to have it's own place on the flag. I saw this on the news (or maybe QI) a few months ago.


True, this is also why Wales has "An assembly", like the local London one and not a Parliament (Like Scotland)


I believe the difference between having an assembly or a parliament is to do with the legislative powers that have been devolved.


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True.

I like pointing out to Welshmen that Wales isn't a country and never has been. It makes them even more angry.

And, IIRC, the Union between England and Scotland came about because of Scots. So they've only got themselves to blame, really.

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True.

I like pointing out to Welshmen that Wales isn't a country and never has been. It makes them even more angry.

And, IIRC, the Union between England and Scotland came about because of Scots. So they've only got themselves to blame, really.


I think it was a combination of Scotland being broke and England wishing to ensure that Scotland didn’t make alliances with anyone against them.


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Also dropping Britainia (spelling?) will get the Daily Mailxpress into a right old lather.

I liked Sir Christopher Frayling's pre-emptive rebuttal on that point: "There are 806 million Britannias in circulation at the moment."

In other news, the Americans have apparently been doing some redesigning, too—somewhat less successfully:

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