The New 12-Sided £1 Coin Makes The Dollar Look Like A Joke

Here are some details on the prototype from the Royal Mint:

The proposed £1 coin design is distinctly British, with a twelve-sided shape which evokes memories of the pre-decimalization threepence piece.

It will be constructed from two different colored metals and contain an iSIS security feature — a revolutionary new high security coinage currency system developed by The Royal Mint. There’s will be a public design competition for the reverse side of the coin the UK hopes to introduce in 2017.

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