New British Coins

[_J_]

https://www.westminstercollection.com/entrypage.aspx?Id=newcoins&gclid=CJr8xpr7vJICFRZgMAod1D45hw

What do you lot think? I reckon they look pretty awesome.

and I bet this'll be worth a few quid in the future:

https://www.westminstercollection.com/pc_K551.htm

[Shned]

For something that price, the postage is ironically cheap.

Not too keen on the design. Feels like a 'dumbing-down' of the British legacy. Like if you were to put Paul McCartney on a £10 note.

[Tallulah]

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and I bet this'll be worth a few quid in the future:

https://www.westminstercollection.com/pc_K551.htm

It's worth a few quid now! :retard:

I think they're cool, but Shned has a point; they do look kinda cheap... -_-

[CosmoKing]

I disagree about the "cheap" look-the lions have been a symbol of England for centuries and were used by great monarchs like Edward III, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

I quite like them-it's nice to have a change. :)

[Lulu]

Guess the Euro isn't coming in any time soon...

[_J_]

Guess the Euro isn't coming in any time soon...

Hah, that's what my dad said too when he heard.

[Sam]

Wow, i like them :D
Very symbolic, but is the concept you can sort of build the royal coat of arms that's on that pound or are they just random cuts of it? :p

[Mig]

Saw this, they look pretty damn sweet.

£2 stays the same, though. The coin is "too new" to change, hah.

[Lulu]

Fine, just continue being difficult then, UK...

[_J_]

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BRITISH PRIDE

[Roger]

Me likey. To be fair though, I wouldn't mind if the government introduced the Euro as our official currency.

[Shned]

I'm the opposite. I believe Pound Sterling is one thing we have that is still, in essence, a degree of British pride. Granted, the Euro may be more convenient, but prices and values on an international scale would certainly take some getting used to. Especially with conversions from Sterling to American Dollars. I like the value we get.

Even if ASBOs and gun culture continue to rise, we still have our coinage.

[Sam]

I agree with Shned, even if our coins are now just jigsaw pieces <_<
I mean, Royal Britannia :D

[_J_]

Even if ASBOs and gun culture continue to rise

You forgot immigration

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[Lulu]

British pride, huh? After all, your Queen's a German and your PM a Scot. :D

But in all seriousness, they thought the Euro change-over in Ireland would be difficult, but it went really smoothly. After a few months I was no longer converting prices back into Irish pounds. I nearly forgot all about having to buy currency for going to Turkey last summer, I'm so used to being able to just take my wallet with me. And the Euro is doing really well on the currency markets as well; exploited that shit in New York back in September.

I can't understand all this national pride in your coinage malarkey... Besides, the Irish euro still has a harp on the back. But to each their own I suppose.

It is funny to see Northies in Dublin looking at their wallets in horror, used to getting change out of a fiver when buying two pints. Never gets old.

[Sioux]

Its a hell of a lot better than the changes we get with our currency.

The latest "innovative" changes have been like a back drop design on the front of the bill and bigger numerals on several of the notes. That's it.

I really like the shape of some of these, they seem so empire-esque. Sadly, almost a couple hundred years too late but still.

[_J_]

British pride, huh? After all, your Queen's a German and your PM a Scot. :D

I was joking with the British Pride thing, if the tacky, God-save-the-Queen Union Jack monstrosity didn't give it away.

Scotland is part of Britain btw.

[MooglePeru]

New monetary system, eh? Now that's disgusting. It's going to take a while to get used to that thing. Yeah, that happended here.