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Poll: What is your favourite £1 Coin Design? – England
As part of the Great One Pound Coin Race, we want to find out Britain’s ultimate favourite £1 coin.
Last week we asked you to vote for your favourite Welsh £1 coin design – it was very close but 35% of Change Checkers voted the 2013 Daffodil and Leek £1 as their favourite.
This week we want to know your favourite English £1 coin design.
Let us know by voting in our poll below:
More information about the English £1 coin designs
The English Oak Tree £1 was issued in 1995 and 2000
The first reverse design series of £1 coins took floral emblems as its theme to represent the United Kingdom and its four constituent countries. They were designed by Leslie Durbin – one of the most highly-regarded silversmiths of the 20th Century. The Oak Tree is used on this coin to represent England.
The Three Lions £1 coin was issued in 1997 and 2002.
The second series of £1 coin designs used heraldic emblems to represent the United Kingdom and its four constituent countries. This coin features three lions to represent England. The three lions date back to Richard the Lionheart (1189-1199) who used three golden lions on a scarlet background as a powerful symbol of the English throne.
The Millennium Bridge £1 coin was issued in 2007
The third series of £1 coin designs depicts bridges from each of the four consituent countries in the United Kingdom. This coin features the Gateshead Millennium Bridge to represent England. The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a tilt bridge which spans the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle. It is the world’s first tilting bridge and has won a large number of awards for its design and lighting.
The London City £1 coin was issued in 2010
The fourth series of £1 coins used the capital cities of the four constituent countries as the basis of the reverse design. Designed by Stuart Devlin, Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Queen, this coin depicts the circular Coat of Arms of the City of London as the principal focus to represent England.
The Rose and Oak branch £1 coin was issued in 2013
The fifth series of £1 coin designs uses pairs of floral emblems designed by Timoty Noad to represent the United Kingdom and its four constituent countries. This coin features an oak branch with an acorn alongside a stem with a tudor-inspired rose to represent England
Next week- Final: What’s your ultimate favourite £1 coin design?
This could be your last chance to secure Britain’s last ’round pound’.
If you want to get your hands on the last ‘round pound’ they are available here protectively encapsulated and certified as superior Brilliant Uncirculated quality.
Here’s where you can find a new 12-sided £1 coin GUARANTEED!
The Royal Mint have revealed a list of places around the UK where you will be able to get a new 12-sided £1 coin on launch day guaranteed.
That will make you one of the first people to get hold of the coin before they start circulating more widely…
Here is the list of the guaranteed locations revealed by The Royal Mint:
ABERDEEN:
- CLYDESDALE 1 Queen’s Cross, AB15 4XU
EDINBURGH:
- BARCLAYS 10-15 Princes Street, EH2 2AN
- RBS 36 St Andrew Aquare, EH2 2AD
- CLYDESDALE 83 George street, EH2 3ES
- POST OFFICE 40 Frederick Street, EH2 1EY
GLASGOW:
- BANK OF SCOTLAND 167-201 Argyle Street, G2 8BU
- CLYDESDALE 30St Vincent St G1 2HL
BELFAST:
- BANK OF IRELAND 4-8 High Street, BT1 5LR
- ULSTER BANK 11-16 Donegall Square East, BT1 5UB
NEWCASTLE:
- NATWEST 16 Northumberland Street, NE1 7EL
YORK:
- POST OFFICE 22 Lendal, YO1 8DA
LEEDS:
- NATWEST Leeds City Centre 8 Park Row, LS1 5HD
- YORKSHIRE BANK 94-96 Briggate, LS1 6NP
MANCHESTER:
- BARCLAYS 86-88 Market Street, M1 1PD
- NATWEST 182 Deansgate, M3 3LY
- POST OFFICE 26 Spring Gardens, M2 1BB
- HSBC 2-4 Saint Anne’s Square, M2 7HD
LIVERPOOL:
- NATWEST 22 Castle Street, L2 0UP
BIRMINGHAM:
- LLOYDS BANK 36/38 New Street, B2 4LP
- POST OFFICE 1 Pinfold Street, B2 4AA
CARDIFF:
- BARCLAYS St Davids Centre, CF10 2DP
- LLOYDS BANK 31 Queen Street, CF10 2AG
- HSBC 15 Churchill Way, CF10 2HD
LONDON:
- BARCLAYS 2 Churchill Place, E14 5RB
- NATWEST 1 Princes Street, EC2R 8BP
- HALIFAX 33 Old Broad Street, EC2N 1HZ
- POST OFFICE 24/28 William IV Street, WC2N 4DL
- HSBC 103 Station Road, Edgeware, HA8 7J
- SANTANDER – 2 Triton Square, NW1 3AN, 164-167 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7JE, 57 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1PN
SITTINGBOURNE:
- SANTANDER 106-108 High Street, ME10 4PP
BATH:
- POST OFFICE 27 Northgate Street, BA1 1AJ